Job Title: Social Worker – Children’s Disability Team

Hours: Full Time (36 hours)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £35,041 - £41,924 per annum plus £1500 annual retention payment, a £1000 Golden Hello payment and lease car

Location: Bromley Civic Centre/Remote Working

Looking for your next exciting adventure in social work? Look no further! Services for children and families in Bromley have made a remarkable leap forward to ‘good’ overall with leadership that has an ‘outstanding’ impact on social work practice, according to Ofsted. We are proud of the findings and letter from Ofsted from our recent Focused Visit on the care and support we offer to our children looked after. You can view the letter from Ofsted here.

Bromley are seeking a highly talented and ambitious Social Worker to join us on our journey to excellence.

You can view our 'Making Bromley Even Better' Corporate Strategy video here: https://youtu.be/so9wkMR3nwk

Our values and behaviours have a key part to play in how staff carry out the work of the Council and how we engage and build working relationships with key partner agencies. This framework outlines the desired behaviours that align with our established values, to help create a workforce that are able to deliver services that are seen as ‘excellent’ in the eyes of local people. To read more about our REAL Values and Behaviours, please click here: Bromley Values and Behaviours.pdf

We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker in the Children’s Disability Team (CDT).

About the Team

The CDT is a dynamic team who is committed to supporting disabled children.

The team supports families with children aged 0 - 18 who have a severe, profound or complex disability that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on them, this includes children and young people with severe learning and/or physical disabilities, Autism Spectrum Condition, complex health issues, and severe hearing, vision and communication difficulties. The team also provides short breaks for children who are eligible.

The team carries out safeguarding, assessments, court work, duty and works with looked after children to achieve permanency. The team adhere to statutory procedures and timescales.

About the Role

The ideal candidate will be a Social Work England Registered social worker with a good breadth of knowledge of social care processes and procedures.

The successful candidate will work with children who have severe and profound disability and critical health needs. You will therefore need to be good at communication (both verbal and written), be able to carry out direct work with children and families and be able to advocate for children. We are committed to anti-oppressive practice, inclusion and diversity.

You will need an understanding of child development and family functioning and the successful candidate will carry out complex child and family assessments and be able to make clear recommendations.

You will report to the Team Manager Children’s Disability Service, you will be part of a busy team delivering a high level of social work support to children and families. Your priority will be ensuring the safety and well-being of the children we work with. You will work closely with Education and Health, and colleagues in other children’s teams.

The successful candidate will be joining an ambitious service with strong leadership and clear lines of support. As part of the Bromley Promise there will be a dedicated two-week induction programme upon joining us and you will also work in a small cluster team containing just 5 and Social Workers/Seniors and 1 social work assistant and one Team Manager. You will have dedicated time set aside for quality reflective supervision.

We are confident that with your support, we will continue to provide high quality social care services to our children in Bromley as set out in our improvement and transformation plan. In return we ask that you bring your passion, dedication and skills to us.

The Bromley Promise:

· Manageable caseloads for every Social Worker

· Dedicated time for reflective supervision

· Generous annual leave entitlement including an additional three days

· Small Cluster teams

· Two-week protected induction programme

· Excellent learning and development opportunities with bespoke training for every social worker

· Social Workers and Team Managers have easy and regular access to the leadership team

Applicants must have completed their ASYE.

To view the JD and Person Specification please click here. Please note that applicants will need to address the person specification as part of their personal statement within their application.

To view our Roadmap to Excellence document please click here.

To view our Social Work Practice Standards please click here.

Please click here to view our Making Bromley Even Better strategy: Making Bromley Even Better.pdf

Are you ready to join our team and be part of our exciting journey?

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Karen Fitzgibbon, Interim Group Manager, Children’s Disability Service 0208 313 4405 karen.fitzgibbon@bromley.gov.uk

Interviews to take place week commencing 18^th July 2022.

Bromley’s central offices (Bromley Civic Centre) are located in the heart of Bromley and the borough is home to one of the biggest shopping, food and entertainment centres in the Southeast. Excellent transport links mean you can be in either Central London or the gorgeous Kent countryside in just 15 minutes, depending which direction you take!

International travel is just as accessible. Fast and frequent trains will take you to Ashford and Dover, which both offer transport to the continent. What’s more, London’s two main airports, Gatwick and Heathrow, are both a short road trip away!

Some of the benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:

Eligibility to join the Lease Car Scheme
Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
Excellent transport links
Salary Sacrifice Schemes make huge savings on – Cycle2Work bike scheme.
Employee Benefits Lifestyle Discounts –hundreds of discounts at local and national retailers, restaurants, holidays and much more

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work and a wide range of unique discounts.