Social worker - Children we care for
The service
The Building Your Futures Team supports children and young people who are looked after in foster care, cared for by connected carers or family, and specialist care. The team work alongside a wide range of professionals and multi-agencies to support positive outcomes for the children we care for. The team are positive, friendly, fun and most importantly - aspirational for children and young people's futures. Our team are creative, and child focussed and strive for better outcomes for the children we care for.
The role
This post will involve working with children in care to support long-term fostering or reunification home to their families, in addition to preparing young people to independence prior to them becoming care leavers. This is an exciting and privileged opportunity to support children and young people in their plans for permanence and to prepare them for young adulthood.
Social worker
The service
Portsmouth City Council's Multi-Agency Safeguarding Team works to keep children safe. They work closely with colleagues from the Police, Health, Education, Early Help, Probation, the Youth Justice Service and the Navy Welfare Service. As part of their approach, they are committed to working with families to repair harm and relationships. We have been recognised by Ofsted as a "Good" local authority, working effectively to provide services improving outcomes for children and their families. MASH is a dynamic and fast-moving service managing large volumes of information within tight timescales.
The role
The post holder will ensure the children and families we work with maximise their potential and achieve the best possible outcomes available to them through providing timely, high-quality assessments, ensuring that children and families who experience our service receive a quality service, ensuring planning results in timely, permanent care arrangements, working with people in a way that respects and acknowledges difference, and empowering people to make informed choices. The post holder will receive a substantial package of support and development opportunities.
Social worker - Family Support and Safeguarding teams
We have exciting opportunities for qualified social workers to join the Children and Families directorate in one of our family support and safeguarding teams (geographically based) in Portsmouth City Council.
At children's social care service, we pride ourselves on providing quality interventions with families using UP2U family practice and trauma informed model of care to empower families to bring about sustained change; you will be provided with training in these models of practice. We also offer social workers 1-1, group reflective practice opportunities as well as action learning sessions.
We are committed to working with families to repair harm and relationships. We have been recognised by Ofsted as a "Good" local authority with "Outstanding" for our Family Safeguarding and Support teams.
Social worker (ASYE)
Portsmouth is a fantastic place to practice, and we look forward to supporting you on your Social Work journey during the programme, which is supported via the Stronger Futures Academy. The academy is well established and continually evolves and develops.
Our 12-month ASYE programme provides 'on the job' training to help you understand and unpick the work you are completing. As part of this you will be enrolled into the ASYE Stronger Futures Academy where you will receive dedicated ASYE Academy sessions to support your understanding of the journey & voice of the child, this will include practice sessions to understand and apply models of practice and tools to support you in your work.
In addition, we offer monthly half day study days, funding to purchase your own resources, on-site assessors, peer led action learning sets and reflective practice groups.