Location
LBTH Town Hall, 106 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BJ

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Grade I-K - £44,430 - £55,710 plus travel allowance of £1,280 per annum

About Us
We believe that the best place for children is to be raised within their own families, immediate or wider, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so. In Tower Hamlets, we are committed to building relationships and strengthening families by working with people in a compassionate and understanding way. We are ambitious for Tower Hamlets children and families and endeavor for every child and young person to be healthy, safe, and successful. Tower Hamlets is a progressive, ambitious, and diverse place to work. We place children and families at the heart of everything that we do and are relentless in our pursuit of positive outcomes for all. Our Better Together Practice Framework is based on the ideas and concepts which underpin Restorative Practice and draws from other strength-based approaches, such as Systemic and Trauma Informed Practice. Our C-Change approach: Connect, Curious, Community, Co-Produce, Collaborate, Check, sets out '6 Cs' for our work with children, young people, their parents and carers, and each other.

About the Role
We are recruiting experienced social workers for our front door service Assessment and Intervention and Family Support and Protection Teams. If you are passionate about building relationships with children and families at their first contact with Children’s Social Care, focused on working towards positive outcomes for children and have at least 1 year of post-qualifying experience in a statutory Children’s Social Care team, we would love you to apply. In Assessment and Intervention, you will work as part of a fast-paced team responding to child protection needs and undertaking child and family assessments. Under the guidance of your team manager, your team will be on duty every 4/5 weeks. You will support children and families through the assessment process, up to co-producing step-down, Child in Need, and Child Protection plans. Previous experience of Section 47 investigations and child and family assessments are desirable.

Experience
At least 1 year of post-qualifying experience in a statutory Children’s Social Care setting.

About You
Have working knowledge of the framework within which social care operates, inclusive of legislation and national guidance and procedures specific to this post. Have knowledge of statutory work with children, including children in need, child protection, children looked after, and court work. Knowledge of different types of interventions in family support.

Qualifications
A nationally recognised or other Social Work England recognised social work qualification.