Salary range: £52,116 - £55,155 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time
Short Term Team (Referral and Assessment)
Brent Family Front Door/ MASH
This is an exciting opportunity for a new or experienced manager to join services which are continuously developing practice to ensure that our young people keep achieving the best possible outcomes.
The successful candidates will join a friendly and experienced management team which is well supported by senior managers. You will lead a team of social workers (and personal assistants in the Leaving Care teams) to provide excellent services for children who are either still at home, living in care, or leaving the care system. Working in partnership with schools, health colleagues and other local partners we are committed to providing the best possible start in life for all of our young people.
The Person
Our benefits and support package for staff is extensive and compares favourably with other London boroughs. We offer:
We look forward to receiving your application.
If you have any queries, please our contact recruitment team at recruitment@brent.gov.uk or direct line 0208 9381348. For an informal discussion about the posts please contact Stephen Gordon for the Referral and Assessment Team posts at Stephen.gordon@brent.gov.uk or on 07471262366 and Afzal Ahmed for the Looked After Children posts at Afzal.ahmed@brent.gov.uk
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Learn more about Brent and our communities by watching this video:
Brent Children and Young People Services boasts a bright and buzzy atmosphere where colleagues are friendly, supportive and get stuck in. Brent is the 2020 London Borough of Culture(s) where people are proud of their culture and background – and we are proud of our diverse workforce. Working in a well-connected borough, in state-of-the-art buildings, you’ll be surrounded by restaurants, coffee shops and facilities if you to choose to work in Brent.
We have a great rewards packages for social workers up to senior team managers. We provide a welcome and retention payment when you join, which includes:
Key worker rental housing in Wembley for permanent social workers (subject to availability)
Golden hello and relocation packages (for hard to recruit to roles)
Annual retention payment for all social work qualified staff.
You will also receive:
A commitment to manageable caseloads across all teams.
The Social Work progression framework, enabling you to move to senior social worker and beyond when you’re ready. We are committed to retaining the best staff and providing you with the support and opportunities to achieve that.
Group and 1-2-1 supervision.
A small team model, supported by practice consultants with training in systemic and reflective practice.
A culture of highly effective flexible working, supported with some of the best IT in local government.
A very generous Local Government Pension Scheme.
A host of other rewards and benefits such as reduced cost gym membership, London Designer Outlet privilege card, Wembley Boxpark privilege card plus many more.
If you’d like to know more about Brent and working in children and young people’s services, please visit our website. If you are interested in having an informal discussion about working in children's social care in Brent please contact:
Palvinder Kudhail, Director, Integration and Improved Outcomes: Palvinder.Kudhail@brent.gov.uk
Rashida Forbes, Principal Social Worker: Rashida.Forbes@brent.gov.uk