About Childrens social care jobs

Our social workers are committed, professional people who want to make a difference to the lives of the people of Coventry.

Joining one of our friendly and supportive teams you’ll be providing a social work service to a highly professional standard, managing a caseload and travelling throughout this very diverse city. This is an exciting time to join us as we work to put children at the centre of everything we do. We are looking for experienced children’s social workers who are committed to achieving the best for our children, young people and families.

To help you make a difference we offer manageable caseloads, high-quality professional support and guidance and excellent training and development opportunities.

Join us as an experienced Children's Social Worker and:

• You will be delivering on the ground social care to support families across Coventry to devise and implement care plans to ensure children can live at home safely, and intervene where they can’t.

• You will work closely with professionals from a range of agencies including health, education and social care, police and youth offending services in order to improve lived experiences for children.

• You will bring your ideas and suggestions to drive our challenging journey of improvement, and put Coventry on the map for delivering more positive outcomes.

• You’ll be joining a great team of people who are passionate about the city, it’s people and it’s exciting prospects. You will be handling complex but manageable caseloads whilst helping us deliver a strategy that puts children and young people at the beginning, middle and end of everything we do, with all the support and resources you need to do it.

• You will believe in providing a high-quality that ensures that the child is at the heart of everything we do.

• You will need to have a recognised professional Social Work qualification (MA/BA/BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or CQSW) and Social Work England registration and experience in dealing with child protection enquiries, completing duty assessments and managing timescales.

What do we offer?

• Flexible working for work/life balance

• Employee Assistance Program - Supporting our employees’ mental health in times of need Manageable Caseloads

• Regular Reflective Individual and Group Supervision and support

• Valued as a member of staff & part of a team Free parking

• Remote working opportunities

• Great career progression opportunities if you decide to join us on a permanent basis

• A learning and professional development offer that will support your development and continuous CPD registration with Social Work England.

• Access to ongoing professional development to support you in your social work role that includes; Webinars Signs of Safety Research and Evidence Informed Practice (Access to Research in Practice and Care Knowledge) Reflective Supervision

About the Service

In Coventry, we are working hard to build something special. Children and families are at the heart of everything we do, and we believe they deserve the best help to achieve their best outcomes.Children’s Services provides a wide range of statutory and non-statutory duties, from Early Help Services, through to children who are looked after.

The service reflects and responds to the changing needs of children and their families.It works to enable a reflective and flexible approach, with a strong Early Help offer and a real focus on Relationship Based Practice and Signs of Safety, which focuses on intervention and keeping families together.

Coventry Children’s Services values a working culture that is relational and restorative in nature. The launch of the Coventry Family Valued Programme in April 2021 aims to re-think practice in the best interests of children, as a result, the Coventry Family Valued Programme has developed three Spires:

• A child-friendly city

• Family-led decision making

• The Coventry Way

Coventry City Council Children’s Services will provide you with an environment where social work can flourish, with high support, high challenge and manageable caseloads.

To ensure this is achievable caseloads are reviewed regularly to ensure that the multiple complexities within them make them manageable.