Location
Bexleyheath, London Borough of Bexley

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£58,398 per annum

About the Role
Are you a highly skilled Social Worker eager to work intensively and flexibly with a small group of children caught in cycles of exploitation and extra-familial harm? This role offers the opportunity to be a tenacious problem solver, committed to setting children up for safe and bright futures by holding high aspirations and expectations. You will focus on improved outcomes and progress for children and families within a culture of high trust and high expectations.

Join SHiFT Bexley, an innovative collaboration between SHiFT, a national systems change charity, and the London Borough of Bexley’s Children’s Service. You will work systemically with a small number of children and families over 6 to approximately 12 months, investing time in building relationships and undertaking high quality direct work. The role requires flexible working whenever and wherever children and families feel safest.

You will collaborate with everyone important in the child’s world, including partner agencies, to intervene effectively in the spaces where children experience harm. You will be part of an expanding, dynamic adolescent service that is continually evolving and innovating.

The role includes clinical supervision and weekly reflective Child and Family Practice Discussions supported by a Systemic Psychotherapist. Bexley Children’s Services uses the Signs of Safety practice model, a strengths and solution-focused approach embedded throughout Children’s Social Care, which you will work alongside.

We offer a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme, generous annual leave plus bank holidays, and coaching and mentoring programmes. Bexley is a vibrant and diverse outer London Borough with excellent transport connections, award-winning parks, leisure centres, libraries, shopping areas, and a range of educational institutions.

Experience
Proven experience as a skilled Social Worker, particularly with children caught in cycles of exploitation and extra-familial harm, is essential. Experience working systemically and collaboratively with children, families, and partner agencies is required.

About you
You are a tenacious problem solver with high aspirations and expectations for children. You thrive in a culture of high trust and high expectations and are committed to improving outcomes for children and families. You are flexible in your approach, able to work wherever and whenever children feel safest, and are eager to engage in reflective practice and clinical supervision.

Qualifications
Relevant social work qualifications and registration are required. Appointment to this post is subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).