Social Worker - Family Assessment

Job Role: Social Worker \- Family Assessment

Accountable to: Registered Manager and Deputy Manager

Location: Linby Lodge, Strelley

Hours of Employment: Full time – 40 hours per week, plus on call duties as required to meet the needs of the organisation.

Organisation Overview:

We are a growing private childcare provider committed to offering high\-quality care, support and education to children and young adults in a safe and nurturing environment. With a strong emphasis on child development, our organisation aims to provide exceptional care and support while adhering to industry regulations and best practices.

Safe Haven Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all service users who use our services and as such we expect all staff to share this commitment. Safeguarding is taken very seriously at Safe Haven Group and is at the forefront of everything we do. Successful candidates who are made an Offer of Employment will be required to complete relevant compliance \& safeguarding checks.

It is a contractual requirement for all employees across the organisation to comply with the missions and values as set out below:

Our Mission:

Our mission is to deliver a supportive and empowering service which enables us to deliver high quality support, care, and education.

Our core values and principles promote accountability which enables us to stay focused on well\-being, keeping people safe from harm and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Our Values:

Supportive: We provide caring, compassionate, and dedicated, support, care, and education to ensure people are safe and can thrive.
Accountable: We hold our support, care, and education services accountable to the highest standards of safeguarding, integrity, transparency, ethics, and regulatory standards.
Focused: We stay focused on understanding each person's uniqueness through a person\-centred approach. We see the whole person to provide tailored support, care, and education for every individual's needs on what makes the biggest difference in their lives.
Empowering: We empower people by building trusting relationships that focus on their strengths, dignity, and potential. Through compassionate support, care, and education we encourage and strive to achieve positive outcomes that enable people to reach their full potential.

Job Summary:

As social worker with experience in family assessments or child protection, you will have a key role in observing and evaluating parent and child interactions to identify any safeguarding concerns, or areas of need that inform care decision ensuring the safety of children and families. You will work directly with families modelling positive parenting and provide guidance. The role involves working alongside a lead social worker to assist in conducting comprehensive assessments, developing intervention plans, and working collaboratively with multi\-agency teams to achieve the best outcomes for children. This is a critical role that requires empathy, excellent communication, and strong analytical skills to support families through challenging circumstances.

Key Responsibilities:

· Provide day to day leadership and for Family Practitioners and Support Workers within the residential family assessment Centre

· Provide supervision for staff

· Chair and attend multi agency meetings including strategy discussions

· Ensure all safeguarding procedures are followed and risks to children are identified assessed and managed effectively

· Provide leadership in responding to Child protection Concerns within the Centre

· Develop and implement evidence\-based and achievable intervention plans tailored to each family’s unique situation.

· Support Parenting Assessment Social Workers in planning and delivering high quality parenting assessments

· Help integrate observations from residential staff into formal assessment reports

· Work closely with children, parents, and carers to ensure their views are heard and reflected in assessments.

· Model and promote respectful, non\-judgemental engagement with families

· Collaborate with multi\-agency teams, including schools, healthcare providers, and law enforcement, to deliver coordinated support.

· Mentor less experienced residential staff

· Support staff in managing challenging behaviours and maintaining professional boundaries

· Ensure accurate, timely and high\-quality recording of all work with families

· Contribute to case conferences, reviews and court processes where required

· Actively participate in supervision and ongoing professional development to ensure best practices are followed.

· There may be occasions when you are required to conduct thorough family assessments to evaluate risks, needs, and protective factors for children and families. Whilst ensuring the child remains central in all assessments.

Qualifications:

· A degree in Social Work (or equivalent) and registration with Social Work England (or relevant regulatory body).

· Previous experience in family assessments or child protection is essential.

· Strong understanding of safeguarding policies, child protection legislation, and family law.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and build rapport with children and families from diverse backgrounds.

· Ability to manage a complex and varied caseload, prioritising tasks effectively under pressure.

Skills:

· Empathy and understanding of family dynamics.

· Problem\-solving and crisis management abilities.

· Organizational skills and attention to detail.

· Cultural competence and sensitivity.

In line with The Asylum and Immigration Act 2006, we will only accept applications from candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK.

Please note that if you are put forward for an interview you will be asked to provide information with regards to any criminal records background. Any candidate who is successful at interview and is provided with an Offer of Employment will be required to undergo a criminal background check to ensure our service meets safeguarding standards. Please note it is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006\) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults at risk, children or both)

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Safe Haven (Support, Care \& Education) Group is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal\-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Pay: £40,000\.00 per year

Application question(s):

• Do you have a degree in Social Work (or equivalent) and registration with Social Work England (or relevant regulatory body).


• Do you have a strong understanding of safeguarding policies, child protection legislation, and family law?


• Do you have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and build rapport with children and families from diverse backgrounds?


• Do you have the ability to manage a complex and varied caseload, prioritising tasks effectively under pressure?

• Full UK Driving Licence (required)

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