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Salary: £44,829-£49,812 (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

As a senior social worker within our Referral and Assessment Service, you will be responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases and producing outcome-based plans that reflect the needs of and risks to children and their families. You will develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve the impact of work and determine the level of service available.

For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.

Main Accountabilities

• Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
• To develop effective relationships with CYP and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
• To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
• To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
• Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
• To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
• To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
• With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager/Practice Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
• To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
• To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
• To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
• To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
• To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
• To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• Social Work England Registered (Essential)
• DBS Check (Enhanced)
• Indicative post graduate experience (2+ years)
• Professional Standards (Essential)
• Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
• Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
• Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
• Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
• Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
• Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
• Management experience (Not required)
• Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)

Apply Online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.

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Salary: £44,829-£49,812 (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

As a senior social worker within our Safeguarding and Family Support Service, you will respond to urgent Priority 1 and 2 child protection referrals with the aim of keeping children and young people safe from the risk of significant harm. You will gather information, assess and prioritise all decisions about the most appropriate response under S47 of the Children Act. You will carry out assessments on children and young people who have been sexually abused, as well as those who use sexually abusive behaviour. You will work to secure permanency within the family, either in the community or through court processes. The most vital aspect of your role is to help make the child’s journey as smooth and safe as possible, whether that’s through PLO, court, adoption and post adoption and to prevent a ‘cycle’ of being in and out of care.

For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.

Main Accountabilities

• Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
• To develop effective relationships with CYP and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
• To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
• To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
• Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
• To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
• To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
• With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager/Practice Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
• To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
• To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
• To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
• To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
• To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
• To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• Social Work England Registered (Essential)
• DBS Check (Enhanced)
• Indicative post graduate experience (2+ years)
• Professional Standards (Essential)
• Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
• Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
• Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
• Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
• Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
• Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
• Management experience (Not required)
• Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)

Apply Online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.

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Salary: £37,731-£42,839 (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

As a social worker within our Referral and Assessment Service, what we call the front door, you will be responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases and producing outcome-based plans that reflect the needs of and risks to children and their families. You will develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve the impact of work and determine the level of service available.

For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.

Main Accountabilities

• Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
• To develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
• To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
• To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
• Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
• To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
• To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
• With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
• To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
• To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
• To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
• To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
• To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
• To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• Social Work England Registered (Essential)
• DBS Check (Enhanced)
• Indicative post graduate experience (12 months ASYE)
• Professional Standards (Essential)
• Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
• Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
• Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
• Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
• Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
• Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
• Management experience (Not required)
• Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)

Apply Online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.

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Salary: £37,731-£42,839  (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

As a social worker within our Safeguarding and Family Support Service, you will respond to urgent Priority 1 and 2 child protection referrals with the aim of keeping children and young people safe from the risk of significant harm. You will gather information, assess and prioritise all decisions about the most appropriate response under S47 of the Children Act. You will carry out assessments on children and young people who have been sexually abused, as well as those who use sexually abusive behaviour. You will work to secure permanency within the family, either in the community or through court processes. The most vital aspect of your role is to help make the child’s journey as smooth and safe as possible, whether that’s through PLO, court, adoption and post adoption and to prevent a ‘cycle’ of being in and out of care.

For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.

Main Accountabilities

• Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
• To develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
• To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
• To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
• Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
• To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
• To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
• With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
• To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
• To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
• To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
• To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
• To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
• To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• Social Work England Registered (Essential)
• DBS Check (Enhanced)
• Indicative post graduate experience (12 months ASYE)
• Professional Standards (Essential)
• Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
• Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
• Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
• Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
• Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
• Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
• Management experience (Not required)
• Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)

Apply Online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.

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Slough Children First is looking for committed volunteers who want to work with Slough Youth Offending Team (YOT). This role will give you the opportunity to improve your knowledge, learn new skills and also to develop positive partnership working with the local community.

We are looking for volunteers in these areas:

• Panels for young people who are on court referral orders
• Appropriate Adult (representing young people)
• Activities and programmes
• Mentoring (young people)
• Supervising (reparation projects)

If you are enthusiastic, keen to learn and work with the local community, you can benefit from this opportunity.

Apply Online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk. This is an open advert with no end date. Applications will be shortlisted every two weeks.

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Do you want to make a difference to a young person’s life? Do you have 2- 4 hours per month to spare?

The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) urgently requires more volunteers, so why not volunteer as a mentor/befriender for NYAS as an Independent Visitor for children and young people in care? As a volunteer you will:

• Have fun, take young people on outings and maybe share a hobby, sport or interest
• Offer support and a listening ear and be a positive influence in a young person’s life and help build self- esteem and confidence

You don’t need any special qualifications. NYAS is looking for reliable and dependable people from all walks of life and they will provide training and ongoing support. They will also pay expenses to a set limit

Here is what some of their young people and volunteers have to say about this rewarding role:

• I like how my Independent Visitor isn’t anything to do with social services and is here to support me
• They have boosted my confidence, now I feel like when I go places I can just relax and have fun
• My young person always looks forward to me coming, they have had such a disjointed life, I am a stable figure in their life and this has to be important for them, as everything else changes around them a lot.

If you are interested, please visit the NYAS website or call Linzi Bagshaw on 07484 075165.

Salary: £23,576 - £28,690
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2022

The Project Officer role at Slough Children First is part of a time limited transformation programme to build sufficiency across placements, including short breaks; delivering quality services; improving outcomes; and establishing best practice systems. 

The successful applicant will help ensure all new arrangements are fit for purpose, cost effective and contribute to an effective Local Offer. Principles of co-production will inform all activity.

This role will have oversight of day to day placement contract monitoring undertaken by Commissioning Assistants but will not have line management responsibility.

Main Accountabilities

Placements and Commissioning

• Review and analyse placement activity and related contracts/ spot purchased arrangements to understand current use, demand and impact.
• Ensure systems for IPA are fully utilised and that outcomes are both clearly articulated and reviewed. 
• Contribute to the development of specifications to procure and manage new placement arrangements.

Research and Support

• Provide benchmark analysis to inform sufficiency planning and procurement.
• Undertake audit of all existing placement policy/procedures and support development of new processes including communication and training as required.
• Undertake specific and directed reporting of monitoring data to inform commissioning of future services.
• Undertake specific market research as requested in conjunction with the Contract Manager/ Commissioning Lead.

Provider and User Engagement

• Provide first point of contact and support for all enquiries and communication from Commissioned Providers seeking to develop new arrangements.  
• Liaise with to promote co-production at every point. 
• Support provider conversations to mitigate concern or lack of clarity escalating where appropriate. 
• Support market engagement.
• Work to improve the quality of service delivery; and confidently develop systems and governance in relation to sourcing and managing of placements.

Other Responsibilities

• Support procurement tasks as necessary.
• Undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required of a Sufficiency Project Officer.
• Work flexibly and be willing to travel to meetings when required.

Person specification

Education, Training & Experience

• Experience of working for, or with public organisations such as local authorities or NHS commissioning functions (Essential)
• Proven ability to manage information flow, use data base and an understanding of confidentiality (Essential)
• An understanding of how data can be used to inform planning or development of new arrangements (Desirable)
• Experience of working in an environment where attention to detail is very important (Desirable)
• Proven experience of managing workloads, priorities and meeting deadlines (Essential)

General & Specific Knowledge

• Understand contract management and its importance in the commissioning cycle (Desirable)
• Demonstrate insight and understanding of the issues contracted providers might have when delivering services to children and young people (Desirable)
• Have effective communication skills to enable the flow of information to providers and team members
• Support the development of written reports and briefings (Essential)
• Demonstrate insight and understanding of the principles of safeguarding (Desirable)
• Demonstrate an understanding of equal opportunities and how this principle is deployed in the contract management process (Essential)
• Be able to record, interpret and analyse financial information clearly and accurately (Essential)
• Handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately (Essential)
• Demonstrate self motivation and ability to work on own initiative and also within a team approach (Essential)
• Ability to approach problem-solving analytically and systematically to provide effective solutions (Desirable)
• Computer literate with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and must be proficient in the use of IT packages including databases and spreadsheets (Essential)
• Well developed written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deal with members of the public and staff in a sensitive and professional manner both over the phone, and face to face (Desirable)
• Able to asses information and provide a recommendation based on own judgment. Experience of research to inform best practice (Essential)
• Ability to work constructively with other professionals and be able to maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Work within the company’s policies and procedures (Essential)
• Willingness to work out of hours when service demands (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 5pm on Monday 5 July.

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Salary: £34,731 - £39,839 (including local weighting and market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2022

The Systems Improvement Mentor will support the Practice Improvement Lead and Practice Improvement Mentors to improve the quality and consistency of social work practice in Slough by using your excellent IT, problem solving and organisational skills to address known and to be identified issues.

You will work as a confident IT mentor to challenge and support frontline staff and managers to improve their IT skills to support their practice across children’s social care, and act as a champion of good practice, modelling, recognising, celebrating and sharing good practice across the workforce to develop a learning environment and a respectful culture of professional challenge.

You will proactively identify the learning needs of practitioners and managers across the workforce, developing and delivering learning opportunities for personal and professional development in all areas to improve outcomes for children.

Main Accountabilities

• Take changes required to all means of capturing, inputting and tracking information and take these from concepts to reality whilst adhering to all GDPR guidelines.
• Use your excellent skills in Excel and PowerPoint to analyse and present information in meaningful and visual ways to enable colleagues to easily interpret the findings and support managers to make effective decisions.
• Input into the work of the Practice Development and Transformation Project Lead and Practice Improvement Mentors by providing insights into where improvements need to be made in the use of systems which capture and track information and feed into updates to the improvement plan as necessary.
• Support the Practice Development and Transformation Project Lead and Practice Improvement Mentors in developing targeted work packages related to systems to embed learning across the company.
• Develop, deliver and drive forward effective mechanisms to improve the quality and consistency of practice. To include but not be limited to: coaching, mentoring, consultation, 1-2-1 training, peer learning, workshops and training on discrete topics.
• Upskill colleagues across the company in the advanced use of Excel and PowerPoint, undertaking observations of practice where this will assist development of IT skills, providing targeted support and enabling feedback to make positive changes to practice.
• Work with others in a way which brings people together in order to achieve swift and effective change.
• Support the work of the participation strategy to engage children and young people in creative ways, working alongside the Communication Officer and Participation Officer to achieve this.
• Follow up on all actions to check the impact of work undertaken and re-visit as required with individuals and teams to ensure learning is fully embedded.
• Ensure the collection, storage, validation and transfer of data held by the Company is completed in a way which complies with information security, information sharing and GDPR requirements.
• Ensure all work is conducted in a culturally sensitive way which recognises the diversity of our workforce and families in Slough.
• Work flexibly in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job and carry out any other duties, consistent with the nature and grade of the post as required.

Person specification

Education, Training & Experience

• Experience of maintaining and developing accurate management information systems and processes. (Essential)
• Experience and ability to thrive in a complex environment, demonstrating resilience and contributing to successful outcomes. (Essential)
• Understanding of information governance and GDRP. (Essential)
• Experience of contributing to making improvements with visible impact as a result. (Desirable)
• Experience of data collection, transfer, extraction, processing, manipulation and quality assurance. (Desirable)
• Previous experience of work in children’s services. (Desirable)
• Awareness of childcare legislation, statutory guidance and relevant Social Care and Health policy and practice. (Desirable)
• Knowledge in the use of the Liquid Logic electronic case file management system. (Desirable)
• GCSE Maths and English to Grade C or above. (Essential)
• Minimum 2:2 undergraduate degree. (Desirable)
• Project Management qualification. (Desirable)

General & Specific Knowledge

• Good attention to detail in every day work. (Essential)
• Proven ability to problem solve; suggesting and developing well-informed solutions to meet identified need. (Essential)
• Ability to communicate persuasively and in confidence both orally and in writing, choosing the right style of communication to fit both the audience and the message. (Essential)
• Ability to gather, analyse and interpret information quickly and effectively, using it to reach informed decisions and then effectively present the findings in a clear and concise way. (Essential)
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload within a flexible work environment with a high level of autonomy to achieve required objectives and outcomes. (Essential)
• Possesses tenacity to ensure all tasks are seen through to completion and able to act on own initiative to achieve results. (Essential)
• Excellent understanding of and ability to use Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint. (Essential)
• Acceptance and commitment to the principles of human rights and equality and how they underpin practice. (Essential)
• Knowledge and experience of at least one database reporting tool such as Microsoft Access, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Power Bi, PSI, SSRS or similar tools. (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 13 June.

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Salary: £37,731 - £42,839 (including local weighting and market )
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Are you passionate about promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing and interest of the child? Then we have a Social Worker role available for you in the MASH team in Referral & Assessment service.

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the first point of contact for all potential safeguarding concerns in relation to children. MASH is a co-located team which brings together agencies and their information, in order to identify risks to and needs of children at the earliest possible point and respond with the most effective and joined up actions. The purpose of MASH is to make the right decisions for the right families at the right time. This in turn will ensure timely and necessary actions to improve the outcomes for vulnerable children.

The structure of the MASH Team includes one Team Manager ,  two Deputy Team  Managers, three Senior Practitioners ,four  Social Workers and four team administrators.

If you're looking for a new challenge and want to be art of an exciting time for children's services in Slough then come and join us.

Main Accountabilities

• Promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of the child/young person at all times and throughout all aspects of work.
• Be responsible for managing an independent workload, ensuring legislative requirements are met to a high standard and within required timescales.
• Thoroughly assess, critically analyse, plan and implement suitable interventions for complex cases that fulfil statutory regulations, instigating proceedings and taking cases to court as required whilst effectively managing risk at all time and seeking support from senior team members when required.
• Produce concise, well-structured assessments, plans and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements and ensuring that all recommendations are followed.
• Where cases are to be transferred to another service or partners, ensure that there is a clearly recorded transfer plan.
• Maintain accurate, up to date, evidence-based records safely and confidentially, in line with statutory requirements.
• Work with children, young people and families/carers to develop effective relationships through meaningful and purposeful direct work, actively seeking and understanding their needs and views to promote their participation in decision making and inform practice in assessment and planning in individual cases.
• Work in partnership with colleagues and other agencies to deliver accessible and effective services, empowering parents and carers to develop and maintain safe parenting practices, leading meetings to achieve outcomes for children.
• Be responsible for own individual performance in line with national standards, service and team specific performance indicators and actions required to address areas for improvement.
• Be responsible for own professional development keeping pace with national, regional and local policy initiatives, attending training to maintain professional development and ensuring the receipt of regular supervision.
• Participate in and learn from routine observation, review and auditing activity conducted by the Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice.
• With the agreement of the Assistant Team Manager, identify resources where required and available to promote child/family well being.
• Develop and maintain effective internal and external working relationships to achieve optimal outcomes for children and young people, ensuring a joined-up approach to relationships to other team members and managers.
• Represent Slough Children First’s values and be part of setting a positive culture within your team, service and Slough Children First; challenge behaviour when it is not aligned with our values and take appropriate action; support a professional in a respectful and child-focused environment which supports Slough Children First’s vision.
• Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
• Provide cover for the work of other team members and take on other additional duties, as required.

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• Post qualifying experience as a social worker working with children and families (Essential)
• Social Work England registered (Essential)
• Knowledge and application of the legal framework and assessment process in Children’s Social Care (Essential)
• Knowledge and understanding of the values and principles underpinning the involvement of children, young people and families/carers, including the right to access independent advocacy and complaints processes (Essential)
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues (Essential)
• Knowledge and application of social work interventions in at least one area of practice (Essential)
• Ability to gather and assess information to inform judgement in complex situations and in response to challenge, clearly reporting and recording analysis (Essential)
• Ability to use a range of interventions effectively and evaluate them in practice to ensure that the correct outcomes are achieved (Essential)
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload independently, maintaining professionalism in challenging circumstances and seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties (Essential)
• Acceptance and commitment to the principles of human rights and equality and how they underpin practice (Essential)
• Understands and has experience of the statutory framework underpinning social work  (Essential)
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Essential)
• Some experience in using electronic case management skills (Essential)
• Current UK driving license and access to a vehicle (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 27 June.

Good luck!

Salary: £44,829 - £49. 812 (including local weighting and market )
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Are you passionate about promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing and interest of the child? Then we have a Senior Social Worker role available for you in the MASH team in Referral & Assessment service.

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the first point of contact for all potential safeguarding concerns in relation to children. MASH is a co-located team which brings together agencies and their information, in order to identify risks to and needs of children at the earliest possible point and respond with the most effective and joined up actions. The purpose of MASH is to make the right decisions for the right families at the right time. This in turn will ensure timely and necessary actions to improve the outcomes for vulnerable children.

The structure of the MASH Team includes one Team Manager ,  two Deputy Team  Managers, three Senior Practitioners ,four  Social Workers and four team administrators.

If you're looking for a new challenge and want to be art of an exciting time for children's services in Slough then come and join us.

Main Accountabilities

• Promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of the child/young person at all times and throughout all aspects of work.
• Be responsible for managing an independent workload, ensuring legislative requirements are met to a high standard and within required timescales.
• Act as a senior professional, using knowledge and experience in a specialist area and from own professional experience to provide advice, support and ‘critical friend’ challenge on cases to colleagues to support them in their work.
• Take responsibility for a student working in Slough Children First, carrying out their supervision alongside the Assistant Team Manager
• Be willing to work towards the Practice Educator Professional Standards for social work, especially stage 2.
• Management of the team duty rota.
• Take a strong role in team meetings so that they are efficient and effective, leading team meetings as required in place of the Assistant Team Manager and Team Manager.
• Thoroughly assess, critically analyse, plan and implement suitable interventions for complex cases that fulfil statutory regulations, instigating proceedings and taking cases to court as required whilst effectively managing risk at all time and seeking support from senior team members when required.
• Produce concise, well-structured assessments, plans and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements and ensuring that all recommendations are followed.
• Where cases are to be transferred to another service or partners, ensure that there is a clearly recorded transfer plan.
• Maintain accurate, up to date, evidence-based records safely and confidentially, in line with statutory requirements.
• Work with children, young people and families/carers to develop effective relationships through meaningful and purposeful direct work, actively seeking and understanding their needs and views to promote their participation in decision making and inform practice in assessment and planning in individual cases.
• Work in partnership with colleagues and other agencies to deliver accessible and effective services, empowering parents and carers to develop and maintain safe parenting practices, leading meetings to achieve outcomes for children.
• Be responsible for own individual performance in line with national standards, service and team specific performance indicators and actions required to address areas for improvement.
• Be responsible for own professional development keeping pace with national, regional and local policy initiatives, attending training to maintain professional development and ensuring the receipt of regular supervision.
• Participate in and learn from routine observation, review and auditing activity conducted by the Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice.
• With the agreement of the Assistant Team Manager, identify resources where required and available to promote child/family well being.
• Develop and maintain effective internal and external working relationships to achieve optimal outcomes for children and young people, ensuring a joined-up approach to relationships to other team members and managers.
• Represent Slough Children First’s values and be part of setting a positive culture within your team, service and Slough Children First; challenge behaviour when it is not aligned with our values and take appropriate action; support a professional in a respectful and child-focused environment which supports Slough Children First’s vision.
• Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
• Provide cover for the work of other team members and take on other additional duties, as required.

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• At least 3 years post qualifying experience as a social worker with demonstrable experience in complex or specialist casework (Essential)
• Social Work England registered (Essential)
• Knowledge and application of the legal framework and assessment process in Children’s Social Care (Essential)
• Knowledge and understanding of the values and principles underpinning the involvement of children, young people and families/carers, including the right to access independent advocacy and complaints processes (Essential)
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues (Essential)
• Knowledge and application of social work interventions in at least one area of practice (Essential)
• Ability to gather and assess information to inform judgement in complex situations and in response to challenge, clearly reporting and recording analysis (Essential)
• Ability to use a range of interventions effectively and evaluate them in practice to ensure that the correct outcomes are achieved (Essential)
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload independently, maintaining professionalism in challenging circumstances and seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties (Essential)
• Acceptance and commitment to the principles of human rights and equality and how they underpin practice (Essential)
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Essential)
• Evidence of continued professional development to enhance own knowledge and skills (Essential)
• Enhanced electronic case management skills (Essential)
• Current UK driving license and access to a vehicle (Desirable)
• Specialist knowledge of one or more key issues affecting children and their families. E.g. Domestic Abuse, Mental Health, Radicalisation, Neglect, Contextual Safeguarding (Desirable)
• Practice Education Stage 2 module (PEPS2) (Desirable)
• Post Graduate qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 27 June.

Good luck!

Salary: £51,608 - £53,587 (including local weighting and market )
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Are you passionate about providing appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high quality services that safeguard the welfare of children and young people? Then we have a Assistant Team Manager role available for you in the MASH team in Referral & Assessment service.

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the first point of contact for all potential safeguarding concerns in relation to children. MASH is a co-located team which brings together agencies and their information, in order to identify risks to and needs of children at the earliest possible point and respond with the most effective and joined up actions. The purpose of MASH is to make the right decisions for the right families at the right time. This in turn will ensure timely and necessary actions to improve the outcomes for vulnerable children.

The structure of the MASH Team includes one Team Manager ,  two Deputy Team  Managers, three Senior Practitioners ,four  Social Workers and four team administrators.

If you're looking for a new challenge and want to be art of an exciting time for children's services in Slough then come and join us.

Main Accountabilities

• As a member of Slough Children First’s management team, provide day to day management of the team, providing appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high quality services that safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
• Make effective day to day use of all available professional resources and use a range of theoretical, evidence based and practical approaches including systemic practice to develop and implement effective interventions and support for children and families both within and outside of the family home.
• Manage the distribution of caseloads to ensure that the child or young person’s needs are met appropriately.
• Support and challenge the team to meet the requirements around thresholds for cases, managing the preparation of high quality reports for court or other purposes, challenging, providing expert advice to guide the team through legal and organisational processes as required
• Support and challenge the team in the completion of assessments, plans, toolkits based on identified need, ensuring at each point risk is evaluated, decisions and management oversight are recorded on the case file and any issues or concerns are escalated to the Team Manager to address.
• Chair the first and transfer core groups and CIN meetings to a high standard, supporting social workers in further meetings as required.
• Co-work complex cases with team members as required without taking on a specific caseload of their own.
• Supervise social workers and non qualified staff in the team as per Slough Children First’s supervision policy, supporting and supervising social work students, acting as a mentor to support them through their professional training.
• Lead hub / group supervision to a high standard ensuring that all team members are aware of progress on cases.
• Provide day to day supervision on case work to a high standard.
• Understand what performance information, and audit outcomes are saying to positively impact on individual cases and support staff development.
• Promote direct work with children and young people, supporting all members of the team to actively seek the views of children and families to inform practice in assessment and planning in individual cases.
• Participate in quality assurance activities to support professional development of staff and improve the consistency of practice.
• Support the Team Manager to tackle under-performance, sickness absence and conduct both informally and formally and within Slough Children First’s policy frameworks.
• Contribute to Slough Children First’s development with knowledge of an area of specialist practice and to provide consultation, coaching and mentoring within the Team, and across the service as a whole as required.
• Develop and maintain own professional links and leads with partner agencies and the voluntary sector and support those of the Team Manager.
• Maintain own professional development through training and other suitable mechanisms and keep up to date with changes in national, regional and local policy initiatives that will impact on the delivery of services and respond accordingly.
• Represent Slough Children First’s values, leading by example in the delivery of these and setting a positive culture within your team, service and Slough Children First; challenge behaviour when it is not aligned with our values and take appropriate action; support a professional in a respectful and child-focussed environment which supports Slough Children First’s vision
• Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
• Deputise for the Team Manager, undertake projects and other additional duties as required. Undertake work outside office hours as necessary.

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• Working knowledge of the legislative framework and relevant guidance and procedures as appropriate to the post. (Essential)
• Experience of managing newly qualified social workers and/or unqualified staff (Essential)
• Social Work England registered (Essential)
• Experience of delivering high quality services to children and in assessment of needs, case planning and/or case management, including complex cases. (Essential)
• Ability to analyse risk relating to child protection and to plan appropriate interventions.(Essential)
• Acceptance and commitment to the principles of human rights and equality and how they underpin practice (Essential)
• Demonstrable understanding and application of the statutory framework underpinning social work (Essential)
• Specialist knowledge of one or more key issues affecting children and their families. E.g. Domestic Abuse, Mental Health, Radicalisation, Neglect, Contextual Safeguarding (Essential)
• Evidence of continued professional development to enhance own knowledge and skills ad encouraging others to develop theirs (Essential)
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Essential)
• Significant experience in the use of electronic case management systems (Essential)
• Post graduate qualification or equivalent, or the willingness to work towards (Desirable)
• Experience of co-ordinating and managing the work of a tea, balancing needs and resources to achieve a high quality service (Desirable)
• Experience in conducting appraisals/supervision that are reflective and strive towards the successful achievement of department/business objectives (Desirable)
• Experience of managing budgets (Desirable)
• Current UK driving license and access to a vehicle (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 27 June.

Good luck!

Salary: £55,394 - £57,417 (including local weighting and market )
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Are you capable of making clear decisions around threshold for cases and leading the team by providing support and challenge to ensure delivery of high quality services? Then we have a Team Manager role available for you in the MASH team in Referral & Assessment service.

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the first point of contact for all potential safeguarding concerns in relation to children. MASH is a co-located team which brings together agencies and their information, in order to identify risks to and needs of children at the earliest possible point and respond with the most effective and joined up actions. The purpose of MASH is to make the right decisions for the right families at the right time. This in turn will ensure timely and necessary actions to improve the outcomes for vulnerable children.

The structure of the MASH Team includes one Team Manager ,  two Deputy Team  Managers, three Senior Practitioners ,four  Social Workers and four team administrators.

If you're looking for a new challenge and want to be art of an exciting time for children's services in Slough then come and join us.

Main Accountabilities

• As a member of Slough Children First’s management team, lead the team providing appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high quality services, accurate and timely case file records and the effective use of resources to statutory and legislative requirements
• To oversee the distribution of caseloads to ensure that the child or young person’s needs are met appropriately.
• Make clear decisions around threshold for cases that are part of legal planning meetings, strategy decisions, ensuring at each point risk is evaluated and decisions are recorded on the case file. This is not limited to but to include:
  • Chair strategy meetings, making decisions about whether S47’s are undertaken and signs off S47 reports
  • Quality assure and sign off all reviews, reports and assessments
  • Quality assure and signs off court reports
  • Quality assure and agree care plans
  • Sign off key decision making points with quality assurance undertaken and the provision of regular management oversight on case files
• Carry out regular quality assurance activities including observations, case reviews, team and peer moderated audits that collaboratively involve social work staff to support their professional development, improve the consistency of practice and seek the views of families.
• Use all available performance information and audit outcomes to efficiently manage their team, translating this information in a meaningful way so that all members of the team understand what it is saying and what they need to do.
• Attend Head of Service Performance clinics with a clear narrative for performance in their team and actions to be undertaken to address areas for development.
• Present to Heads of Service on legal matters
• Create, implement and monitor a team plan which links to service and strategic objectives with the overall aim to improve performance.
• Responsible for the regular and effective appraisal of staff performance through Slough Children First’s appraisal process in order to provide clear direction and challenge to prevent drift and delay.
• Responsible for tackling under-performance and performance issues, sickness absence, conduct and grievances as required both informally and formally and within Slough Children First’s policy frameworks.
• Directly supervises the Assistant Team Managers and Senior Social Workers in the team as per Slough Children First supervision policy.
• As part of Quality Assurance activities, ensure that there is effective direct work undertaken with all children and young people with the voice of the child clearly recorded on case files.
• Support all members of the team to actively seek the views of children and families to inform practice in individual cases and uses this feedback to shape the team, its learning and feed into the overall strategic direction of Slough Children First.
• Leads team meetings to a high standard, ensuring that service and corporate messages are cascaded to the team in a timely way and supporting effective two way communications back up to managers from the team.
• Ensure that all members of the team have the capacity to attend training to support their on-going professional development and enable continuous improvements in practice
• Assist and encourage the professional development of the Assistant Team Manager, providing them with opportunities to grow and develop to become Team Managers.
• Maintain own professional development through training and other suitable mechanisms and keep up to date with changes in national, regional and local policy initiatives that will impact on the delivery of services and respond accordingly.
• Supports the Assistant Team Manager to make effective day to day use of all available professional resources, addressing barriers and issues across Slough Children First and with partners where required through the development and maintenance of professional links with partner agencies and the voluntary sector, whilst supporting the links of the Assistant Team Manager.
• Manage the complaints relating to your team effectively and to a high standard in line with Slough Children First’s complaints procedure ensuring they are dealt with promptly and feedback/learning from complaints is delivered back to the team.
• Ensure the effective deployment, monitoring and management of delegated budgets, approving individual case expenditure as authorised up to the value of £1000 whilst maintaining an awareness of the implications of decision on Slough Children First budgets.
• Represent Slough Children First’s values, leading by example in the delivery of these and setting a positive culture within your team, service and Slough Children First; challenge behaviour when it is not aligned with our values and take appropriate action; support a professional in a respectful and child-focussed environment which supports Slough Children First’s vision.
• Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
• Deputise for the Head of Service, undertake projects and other additional duties, as required. To undertake work outside office hours as necessary.

Person specification

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
• Demonstrable working knowledge of the legislative framework and relevant guidance and procedures as appropriate to the post.. (Essential)
• Experience of managing  qualified and unqualified social workers  (Essential)
• Social Work England registered (Essential)
• Substantial experience of working at management level, involved in delivering services to children and in assessment of needs, case planning and/or case management. (Essential)
• Ability to analyse risk relating to child protection and to plan appropriate interventions. (Essential)
• Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating and managing the work of a team, balancing needs and resources to achieve a high quality service. (Essential)
• Proven experience in conducting appraisals/supervision that are reflective and strive towards the successful achievement of department/business objectives (Essential)
• Experience of successfully using performance management information to adhere to statutory timescales and effectively run the team (Essential)
• Experience of managing budgets (Essential)
• Acceptance and commitment to the principles of human rights and equality and how they underpin practice (Essential)
• Is skilled in the understanding and application of the statutory framework underpinning social work (Essential)
• Specialist knowledge of one or more key issues affecting children and their families. E.g. Domestic Abuse, Mental Health, Radicalisation, Neglect, Contexual Safeguarding (Essential)
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of the application of systemic interventions and methodologies on social work practice (Essential)
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Essential)
• Significant experience in the use of electronic case management systems to effectively manage cases to a successful resolution (Essential)
• Post graduate qualification or equivalent, or the willingness to work towards (Desirable)
• Current UK driving license and access to a vehicle (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 27 June.

Good luck!

Salary: £40,829 - £45,812
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2022

The Recruitment Manager needs to deliver an excellent customer experience by identifying opportunities to improve the hiring and onboarding experience for candidates, and ensuring as a company we provide a consistently good approach for everyone.

The post-holder will be responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment processes for Slough Children First, working closing with hiring managers and recruitment partners to achieve this and ensure compliance with all recruitment activity.

You will work on recruitment projects to build a high quality recruitment process which is timely and effective and which you will embed across the Company.

You will support the drive to make Slough Children First a place where people want come and work.

Main Accountabilities

• Progress recruitment projects to ensure best practice and compliance for recruitment in Slough.
• Champion across the company an effective and timely recruitment process, ensuring all managers especially new managers are aware of and correctly follow recruitment processes including interviews.
• Ensure there is a good on-boarding process for new starters which includes a company and local induction applicable to their role.
• Ensure there is clear consideration of every aspect of equality, diversity and inclusion in all recruitment activity.
• Undertake recruitment campaigns and recruitment activity which may include both UK and international recruitment.
• Ensure the timely and accurate collection, reporting and analysis of recruitment data, using the information to inform all attraction, recruitment and on-boarding activity and the refinement of these processes.
• Ensure suppliers meet contractual and service level agreement obligations ensuring value for money and quality is achieved at all times.
• Liaise with managers across the company to enable effective and timely workforce planning and vacancy management.
• Ensure full compliance with all relevant legislation in relation to the recruitment of permanent and agency staff across the company including Safer Recruitment.
• Manage a small recruitment team, setting clear goals and accountabilities in a supportive and enabling way to achieve results.

Person Specification

Education, Training & Experience

• Demonstrative experience of the high volume recruitment of staff into an organisation or a similar role (Essential)
• Experience of running HR and / or recruitment projects (Essential)
• Degree level qualification. CIPD or equivalent relevant qualification (Desirable)
• Experience of recruitment in a public sector environment (Desirable)
• Project Management qualification (Desirable)
• Experience of line management (Essential)

General & Specific Knowledge

• Knowledge of employment law covering all permanent and agency staff (Essential)
• Strong understanding of recruitment strategies and processes (Essential)
• Strong people management experience with the ability to lead, mentor and coach individuals according to their learning style (Essential)
• A proven ability to be able to review systems, identify and make required improvements and test their effectiveness (Essential)
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build good relationships with and communicate effectively to a wide range of people (Essential)
• Possesses a positive and proactive attitude with good decision making skills with the ability to problem solve (Essential)
• Possess a strong work ethic and initiative, with the ability to manage and prioritise own workload independently using excellent organisational and project management skills (Essential)
• Ability to maintain attention to detail in a fast paced recruitment environment (Essential)
• Ability to maintain effective databases which support the collection, analysis and reporting of performance information against KPIs (Essential)
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Essential)
• Understands and demonstrates commitment to human rights, equality, diversity and inclusion and their practical application (Essential)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 27 June.

Good luck!

Salary: £29,621 - £33,859 (including local weighting)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term (possibility these roles may go permanent)

Do you have experience of intensive one to one work and group work with parents children and young people from complex families? If so then now is an exciting time to join Slough Children First  as we look to recruit family support workers across our frontline services.

As a Family Support Worker, your role require conducting comprehensive whole family assessments and produce appropriate written reports detailing family assessments.

Main Accountabilities

• To conduct comprehensive whole family   assessments as required and produce appropriate written   reports detailing family assessment and ensuring that these are recorded on the eCAF system.
• Deliver brief and short term interventions when this is sufficient to meet family needs, and long term interventions using the Dundee Model of family support.
• To act as dedicated Lead Professional at all stages of support from pre-assessment through to exit strategy, using support and challenge measures to ensure that parents and children engage and comply with the family’s action plan.
• Coordinate support from external agencies and lead the Team Around the Family (TAF) approach.
• To work with families at various times including early morning, evening and weekends, delivering services where they are required such as the family home and community settings.
• To maintain effective records of family interventions and use the outcomes-based Family Star assessment tool to evidence the achievement of outcomes and enable evaluation recording these on the eCAF system.
• To promote and contribute to early intervention processes using step up and step down approaches, supporting Social Care where appropriate and understanding when statutory interventions are required.
• To ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
• The post holder will be expected to take on additional duties and changes to the job description as required by your line manager commensurate with the post.

Person specification

• At least two years experience of intensive one to one work and group work with parents, children and young people from complex families. (Essential)
• At least one year's experience of acting as lead professional delivering family-focused interventions. Experience of monitoring, reviewing and evaluating work. (Essential)
• Proven track record of working with families with multiple complex needs. (Essential)
• Experience of monitoring, reviewing and evaluating work. (Essential)
• Thorough understanding of how complex families with entrenched negative behaviours interact (Essential)
• Knowledge of Child Protection and procedures and Safeguarding and CAF. (Essential)
• Understanding of and commitment to the need for sensitivity and confidentiality (Essential)
• Ability to work flexibly (including early morning, evening and weekends) and communicate with a range of organisations and service providers within the Slough area, including the ability to co-ordinate a multi-agency intervention. (Essential)
• Ability to assess complex family needs and work with families and agencies to for a comprehensive plan of action (Essential)
• Ability to organise and prioritise own work and self motivation in order to obtain objectives (Essential)
• Ability to work on a one to one basis and monitor and evaluate outcomes, including having good recording skills and keeping accurate client records (Essential)
• Ability to work as a member of a team (Essential)
• Ability to develop and apply equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice. (Essential)
• Computer literate (Microsoft Word and Excel). (Essential)
• Experience of using the Common Assessment Framework to assess cases and show progress. (Essential)
• Educated to A level r NVQ3 in Child Development, Youth Support, Health or Social Care, and/or a relevant professional qualification in these areas. (Essential)
• Be able to demonstrate continuous professional development in related disciplines. (Essential)
• Be able to travel around Slough (Essential)
• Experience of working with statutory and voluntary organisations, including co-ordination of multi-agency Interventions (Desirable)
• Qualification in a specialist area e.g. Emotional Health (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 27 June.

Good luck!

Salary: £29,621 - £33,859 (including local weighting)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2022

Do you have experience of assessing and case managing young people who are at risk of and vulnerable to engaging in offending behaviour? If so then now is an exciting time to join Slough Children First as we look to recruit a Project Worker to our Youth Offending Team.

As a YOT Project Worker you will have a specific lead within the team and facilitation in the creation, delivery and evaluation offending behaviour. and educational programmes.

You will manage a case load of children and develop links with other agencies to provide support and guidance to young people.

Main Accountabilities

•  To work directly with children, young people and their families / carers and or guardians.
•  To complete holistic assessments on children and young people referred the YOT and devise subsequent intervention plans meeting assessed risk and need.
• To manage a case load of children and young people aged 10 – 18 years subject to preventative and statutory disposals and to supervise them in line with National Standards and other guidance and legislation relating to children and young people.
• To have a specific lead within the team and facilitate in the creation, delivery and evaluation of offending behaviour and educational programmes that contribute to the reduction of offending behaviour for children and young people.
• To operate within the context of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and other relevant criminal justice and child care legislation.
• To prepare court reports, bail packages and to represent the YOT in both local and Crown court settings.
• Keep accurate, clear records using relevant software systems, contributing to agreed performance indicators and producing relevant data as required by the management information system of the YOT.
•  Participate and attend team meetings, risk panels and other multi agency meetings associated with the risk management of children and young people.
• Contribute to the team's duty systems as appropriate, i.e. Court Duty / Office Duty / PACE.
• To develop links with other agencies, particularly in respect of prolific offenders and young people acting in an anti-social manner, providing support, guidance and opportunities for young people both within the YOT and in the local community.
• Work flexible and some unsociable hours according to the team’s requirements in order to provide the most effective staff cover.
• Any other duties required by your Line Manager that are commensurate with the post.

Person specification

• At least two years experience of working with young people and their families.(Essential)
• Experience of organising own workload, prioritising and ensuring work is delivered on time and to the standards required. (Essential)
• Experience of assessing and case managing young people who are at risk of and vulnerable to engaging in offending behaviour. (Essential)
• To have a clear understanding of the requirements of the judicial system as it relates to young people, i.e. Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Children’s Act 1989, the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, the Lammy Report and other key criminal justice and childcare legislation. (Essential)
• Knowledge of the risk and protective factors as they relate to young people who offend. (Essential)
• Commitment and ability to work in a multi-agency team. (Essential)
• Ability to keep accurate, clear and concise records, including ability to analyse information using software systems both electronic and manual. (Essential)
• To undertake assessments of risk and need using the Assetplus assessment tool and other assessment tools as necessary (Essential)
• Ability to devise and implement individual and group work programmes. (Essential)
• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills. (Essential)
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and other word processing tools (Essential)
• Full driving licence and access to car on daily basis. (Essential)
• Ability to write effective and coherent Pre Sentence and Referral Order reports. (Desirable)
  Advocate for young people within the Court arena, completing bail and remand services as appropriate.
  (Desirable)
• Educated to a degree level, preferably within Youth and/or Criminal Justice or evidence of continuing professional development (Desirable)
• Completion of Youth Justice Effective Practice Certificate (Desirable)

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 27 June.

Good luck!