Social Worker - Leaving Care Team

Posted 28th May, 2024
Location
Kingston upon Thames
Salary/rate
£38,364 – £47,040
Hours
Full-time
Working arrangements
Blended
Contract type
Permanent
Closing date
4th Aug, 2024
About the role

About the role

Social Workers in the Leaving Care service support young people who are looked after (CLA) and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) from around age 16, working with the Permanence Team to transfer cases at the most appropriate point for the young person. Social Workers lead on the identification of needs and pathway planning, and provide direct support to young people to achieve their aims.   

Social Workers will carry some cases beyond the young person’s 18th birthday but may increasingly hand over support for older young people to Personal Advisers, as appropriate for each case.  

 

About you

About you

  • Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work

  • Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field i.e. social work, leadership and management

  • Active HCPC registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development

About Kingston upon Thames

Achieving for Children (AfC) is a community interest company (a not-for-profit social enterprise) created in 2014 by the Royal Borough of Kingston and the London Borough of Richmond to provide their children’s services. In 2017, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead joined AfC as our third owner.

We deliver the full range of children’s services for the three councils. Achieving for Children is a great place to work for those looking for a new challenge. Our offer to you includes:

  • A role in an organisation that is supportive

  • An induction offer that starts before you join and includes a welcome event on your first day of employment.

  • 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after two years and 35 days after four years

  • Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)

  • Hybrid or mobile working and the technology and equipment to facilitate this

  • Positions available in three of the most desirable boroughs in the south - discrete relocation packages are available for selected roles

  • Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards

  • Two days accredited Signs of Safety Foundation Training

  • 12 protected Development Days each year for all staff

  • Access to a huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership

  • On occasions we are in the position to offer some additional financial payments for particularly hard to place roles in selected service areas of AfC.

If you would like to have an informal chat about working with us, please email recruitment@achievingforchildren.org.uk