Social Worker – Children's Social Work Centre of Professional Excellence

Do you want the opportunity to take the next step in your professional social work career in the Peterborough Childrens Centre for Professional Excellence.

Does this strike a chord with you? If so, keep reading to see if you could be a fit for the Social Worker role within our new Children’s Social Work Centre of Professional Excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the next generation of Social Workers whilst developing your own career trajectory towards a Senior Practitioner role.

Whilst not directly holding a caseload, you would be fundamental in supporting early careers social workers to develop their practice, passing on and sharing your own practice expertise and wisdom. You will be expected to support over the whole service. For example, supporting Newly Qualified Social Workers during their Assessed and Supported Year of Employment.

In undertaking this role, you will have the opportunity to develop the next stage of your professional career. This will include Practice Education training and access to a range of learning and professional development opportunities.

You will value a model that gives a stable base for newly qualified social workers to transition from Centre for Professional Excellence case holding support to their permanent social work teams. You will use your experience to guide people and help them learn, supporting them to fill in the gaps using relevant policies and procedures, up to date research and evidence- based decision making.

The role includes coaching and mentoring, designing and delivering training, working with local Universities to support students on placement within Children and Families Services.

Within this role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the improvement journey for Peterborough, helping develop the new Centre for Professional Excellence Model to get the very best outcomes for children, young people and their families. If you have not had experience in all areas of social work, but you have the confidence and post qualifying experience to say “Yes”, bringing your professional curiosity and transferable skills to the role we would love to hear from you. Does this sound like your next career step? If so, click “apply” to easily share your details with us and we promise to respond to all applications once shortlisting has been completed.

This is a rolling campaign, and we will review applications daily so please do not wait for the closing date to apply. Candidates will be progressed shortly after they apply, and the opportunity will be filled as soon as we identify a suitable candidate, which may be before the closing date. So please don’t hesitate, apply today.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Peterborough and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.