Come and be a part of our exciting First Reponse Team where you will help forge our success from the very start, ensuring our children and families are assessed promptly and receive the right service the first time, after assessment.
Our First Response Team operates at the front door with a robust assessment function to assess the needs of the children and families of Harrow. You'll become part of a highly experienced team who work under the evidence based model towards improving the outcomes for children and young people.
As a team of experienced Managers and Social Workers, you will be closely supported by Morning Lane Associates working under a systemic family therapy model to ensure we meet the needs of children and families. Furthermore, you’ll be in the right place to see first-hand at least 2 of the exciting workplace initiatives Harrow’s involved with, and benefit from a £1m investment in technology to support our front line workers.
This role offers a £1,500 market factor supplement per annum!
What you will bring:
The post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.
Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough, and home to over a quarter of a million people. As one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, Harrow is a great place to live, work and visit; in our borough, a range of cultures, religions and opinions come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community.
As part of Harrow Children’s Services, we want our colleagues to live our values. These values describe what we stand for and how we do things at Harrow whilst inspiring, challenging and guiding us towards the delivery of our organisational ambitions and goals. Our three values are: Be Courageous, Do It Together and Make It Happen These values will also help us to achieve our equalities vision of being a proud, fair & cohesive Harrow, a great place to live, work & visit.
Social Work in Harrow is about practicing statutory children’s social work, promoting quality, consistency, and effectiveness of social work practice to ensure that children’s outcomes are positive. In terms of learning and development opportunities it is vital to have a comprehensive understanding of Children’s Services core standards to facilitate best practice in line with UK legislation, statutory and government and local guidance, incorporate the voice of the child in all we do and having an Anti-Racism and Inclusion perspectives.
In addition to the above, we already have a unique development program:
a Management School
a comprehensive weekly workshop programme for social workers
Connected by Culture, a monthly workshop supporting our cultural competence and anti-racist practice.
We offer our social workers:
Competitive salary inclusive of Market Factor
The council offers a retention bonus of £3,000, which is paid after 3 years continuous service and a further £3,000 after a further 3 years of continuous service. This bonus is subject to conditions.
Up to 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) after more than 5 years’ service
An attractive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Relocation allowance up to £6,000 (subject to eligibility)
Development opportunities in key areas of specific lead roles, giving you the opportunity to learn new skills and to develop your practice
Access to our corporate health and wellbeing services offering free confidential advice on a wide range of issues
If you have any questions about applying for this role, or are interested in having an informal discussion about working in children's social care at Harrow, please contact us at resourcing@harrow.gov.uk