Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited • £65K/yr to £67K/yr
Your new organisation
Southend on Sea City Council is a Unitary local authority, providing vital services to meet the needs of the local community.
We employ around 1,800 staff who are working alongside our partners and local communities to deliver the city vision and make lives better for the people of Southend.
Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited • £43K/yr to £49K/yr
Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent experienced adoption Advanced Practitioner to help ensure the council provides a professional Adoption Service that focusses on children's best interests.You will provide professional and comprehensive casework on the most complex cases within the service, and take a lead on Post-Adoption Services, mentoring and advising other team members.Assessing and supporting adoptive carers to ensure that the care that they provide meets the needs of the individual child.
You will need to gather, investigate, evaluate and analyse all necessary information on assigned cases, demonstrating clarity of assessment, reliability of information, evidenced conclusions and realistic action plans.As well as this, you will develop practice which takes a holistic view of the individual, locating them in both their immediate and extended social circles, and having full regard to their education, social, recreational, and health needs.
Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited • £37K/yr to £42K/yr
Your new role
Southend-on-Sea Council's Fostering Support Team are looking to appoint a permanent, full-time Supervising Social Worker to train, assess, supervise and support Foster Carers in their role of looking after children and young people.
Ensuring that the highest professional standards and a good overall knowledge of relevant children's and fostering legislation, regulations and practice methods are met.You will provide an efficient service to children, young people, their families and fostering families, ensuring that the needs of children and their parents and carers are professionally assessed.
Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited • £37K/yr to £42K/yr
Your new role
Southend City Council's Fostering Recruitment & Assessment Team are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent Senior Practitioner.Within this position, you will provide an efficient, cost-effective assessment intervention and therapeutic service to young people and their families.
Ensuring that the needs of the children and their parents/carers are professionally assessed.
Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited • £37K/yr to £42K/yr
Your new role
Southend City Council's Fostering Recruitment & Assessment Team are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent Senior Practitioner.
Within this position, you will provide an efficient, cost-effective assessment intervention and therapeutic service to young people and their families.