Consultant Social Worker – PO6

Job Description

Job Category :Social Care – Qualified (Childrens)
Location : Hackney Service Centre , Hackney Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £28.13

1. Recognised social work qualification
2. HCPC registered
3. Evidence of continuing professional development
4. A satisfactory DBS disclosure at enhanced level is required.

We are seeking a confident experienced social work manager to manage a looked after childrens social work unit. The candidate will be keen to deliver, support and develop exceptional practice, remaining hands on whilst developing their leadership skills in a supportive and creative environment. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years experience of managing a social work team within the looked after childrens service. As a CSW you will work closely with 4 social workers in your unit, supported by a unit co-ordinator to deliver high quality support and oversight of a looked after caseload. You will work closely with professionals from other agencies drawing on our internal resources.

Hackney’s Consultant Social Worker (CSW) role provides an opportunity to shape children’s social work within a high performing, high profile local authority providing wide-ranging excellent training and development opportunities including through in-house systemic training and through the North London Teaching Partnership. We will help you to develop management and leadership of excellent social work practice, leading to career advancement at your own pace.

Hackney is one of the UK’s highest performing local authorities, serving one of London’s best places to live and work. We have achieved a huge amount: our services, our schools, our public spaces are all amongst the very best. We have changed the reputation, not just of the Council, but of Hackney itself. Bringing jobs and investment into the borough, securing the legacy from the 2012 Games, and making this a place of which we can all be proud.