Social Worker

Do you want to make a difference?

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

We currently have a vacancy in the Barking and Dagenham team for a Social Worker. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a wide range of treatment interventions. As a Social Worker with Change Grow Live you will be working with people to help them change the direction of their life, grow as an individual, and live life to its full potential.

You will be part of a special team working closely with the staff and management team as well as many partner agencies, delivering an alternative form of care proceedings to improve outcomes for children, supporting parents to overcome substance misuse, mental health & domestic abuse problems that have put their children at risk of serious harm.

No two days are the same and as we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual so being curious, a good listener and having a flexible approach are essential. There is a strong safeguarding focus to the role ensuring our staff team are trained and supported when working with service users. 

The role requires travel between sites across Barking and Dagenham, there is a requirement to work flexibly including evening and Saturday working, visiting families in their home environment, satellite working in social service buildings, writing reports and attending child protection meetings, leading on the delivery of family and carers support training and group provision. 

Location: Dagenham

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week.

Full Time Salary Range:  £36,635.38 - £43,814.50 negotiable within scale based on experience (based on full time working hours, pro rata for part time hours)

Allowance: £2163.06 Outer London Weighting 

About the role:

• This role will play a key part in developing the support offer and will work flexibly and creatively to establish what’s needed to have the most positive impact for people who use services.
• You will be providing advice and consultation on risk, safeguarding and complex needs.
• You will support recovery coordinators with completing and review referrals and actions.
• You will represent the service at various external meetings such as MARAC, MATAC and others.
• You will facilitate empowerment of teams and individuals to increase knowledge, skills and professional confidence.
• This role will be proactive supporting the wider integrated care system to develop knowledge and skills across the sectors, this will include close working relationships with children and adult social care, police, hospital safeguarding teams.

About you:

• Hold a valid qualification in Social Work and be registered with the regulatory body.
• Completed ASYE
• Experience of working with substance misuse and related complexities.
• Good working knowledge of children/adult social care system.
• Experience and knowledge on the working practice of Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.
• Experience of developing and sustaining positive working relationships
  with a range of professionals.
• Experience of positively engaging with people who use our service.
• Experience of application of the Care Act (Desirable) 
• Knowledge of local safeguarding protocols (Desirable)
• Knowledge of local self-neglect guidance and processes (Desirable)

Benefits:

• CGL is committed to the continuous professional development (CPD) of its Social Workers.
• All social workers will go to the quarterly national social work forum.
• 1 day a month for independent learning.
• Social workers will have the opportunity to access external training and qualifications such as social work post- qualifying awards.
• An hour a week to focus on well-being.
• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year for the first 5 years service (pro rata).
• Contributory pension scheme.
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team.

Please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria on your application as this will be used in the shortlisting process.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.