Developing Together Social Work  Teaching Partnership

Consultant Social Worker (Approach SW)

We’re celebrating an OUTSTANDING achievement across all areas in our latest Ofsted inspection (December 2024) and now, we’re looking for social workers to help build on this success.If you’re passionate, driven, and ready to be part of something exceptional, now is the time. Come and grow with a team that’s setting the standard for excellence!Apply today and be part of our success!We are currently recruiting for a Consultant Social Worker, specialised in child protection to join Approach Social Work. The programme is a three-year social work training programme for graduates and career changers.Candidates should apply for the CSW role by filling out the Frontline application form using this link.Approach Social Work is an intensive social work qualifying programme which offers people the opportunity to train on the job as child protection social workers. Participants on the programme work in hubs of five, which are managed by a Consultant Social Worker. Within Achieving for Children we have 2 Approach hubs; one based in Kingston and the other in Richmond.The hubs are standalone “teams” which work alongside a number of different teams within the service ranging from our Referral and Assessment Teams, Safeguarding Teams, Children with Disabilities Team and our Adolescent Safeguarding Team. This allows the participants to have diverse learning opportunities by co-working a number of different cases from these respective teams before progressing on to holding their own assessments or Child in Need cases.Consultant Social Workers (CSWs) are vital to the Approach model. Each CSW is responsible for five participants who are undertaking their Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work. CSWs work with participants using a hub model approach – a systemic practice model for working with families, with cases managed through weekly hub meetings. These meetings provide a dynamic learning environment and a reflective space to think systemically about the cases in your hub. The role offers those who wish to remain in practice the opportunity to do so alongside the chance to take on supervisory and management responsibility for a small team.The Consultant Social Worker reports directly to the Senior Consultant Social Worker who oversees the 2 hubs. The postholder will work very closely with Frontline by engaging in necessary training, utilising the support of the Practice Tutor and attending termly reviews to evaluate the progress of the students. The Consultant Social Worker has overall responsibility for the cases and Performance of its responsible hub, ensuring children are safeguarded and ensuring that Key Performance Indicators are maintained by the participants. The Consultant Social Worker will be responsible for keeping up with new national as well as local guidance and procedures which underpin our work.

To apply for this job please visit careers.achievingforchildren.org.uk.

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