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This is an exciting time to join Barnsley Children and Family Social Care. Working in partnership to achieve better outcomes for our most vulnerable children,&nbsp;our&nbsp;Social Work&nbsp;Team Managers are key&nbsp;to supporting the development of our workforce and&nbsp;leading&nbsp;best practice for children across our&nbsp;Children and Young People’s Service.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Our Children and Young People teams work with children subject to Child&nbsp;In&nbsp;Need, Child Protection and within Public and Private Law, working in partnership to achieve best outcomes for vulnerable children.&nbsp;&nbsp;
We have recently adopted&nbsp;our Stronger Together practice model, underpinned by&nbsp;Signs of Safety&nbsp;and a relational approach&nbsp;and our managers and leaders are key to embedding this into practice.&nbsp;As a manager&nbsp;you will&nbsp;be responsible for&nbsp;the leadership and oversight of a small team of Advanced Practitioners, Social Workers and Newly Qualified Social Workers, offering regular support and supervision and driving practice in your team&nbsp;&nbsp;
Our vision in Childrens Services is clear –&nbsp;&nbsp;
Barnsley a place of possibilities:&nbsp;
We are one service with one goal, working together to build a brighter Barnsley for every child&nbsp;
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<li>Putting Children and Families First&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Working together in partnership to deliver joined up care&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Delivered by a strong and valued workforce&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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Our vision&nbsp;and&nbsp;genuine&nbsp;commitment to supporting our teams and social workers to deliver the&nbsp;very best&nbsp;outcomes for our children and young people, makes it the perfect time for forward thinking, motivated and dedicated&nbsp;leaders&nbsp;to join us in Barnsley.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Who are we looking for?&nbsp;
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<li>You will be a qualified social worker with&nbsp;significant experience&nbsp;of practice&nbsp;</li>
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<li>You will have experience of delivering reflective supervision&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>You will be committed to supporting and developing teams and workers, with experience of mentoring students, NQSW’s or colleagues&nbsp;</li>
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<li>You will have extensive experience of working in statutory children’s social work, of driving plans for our most vulnerable children and of working in partnership with families and agencies to achieve positive change&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>You will&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;an&nbsp;up to date&nbsp;knowledge of the legislation,&nbsp;policies&nbsp;and procedures and how we implement these in practice&nbsp;</li>
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In return we will offer you&nbsp;
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<li>A supportive working environment&nbsp;with manageable spans of control&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>A highly competitive&nbsp;salary</li>
<li>High quality regular supervision and support and a nurturing&nbsp;senior&nbsp;management team that encourages learning and development&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Flexible working arrangements&nbsp;</li>
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<li>A commitment to continuous professional development with&nbsp;a strong training&nbsp;and development offer&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Good IT support and equipment&nbsp;</li>
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<li>A commitment to health and wellbeing and access to dedicated&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;programme&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Just 4 You Benefits&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/jobs/just4you/" target="_blank">Employee rewards and benefits</a></li>
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How do we sum up Barnsley Council?&nbsp;
We&nbsp;are&nbsp;an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ Childrens Services and&nbsp;a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some&nbsp;truly impressive&nbsp;outcomes in our communities.&nbsp;We have&nbsp;been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ).&nbsp;Our excellent Children's Services has been a key part of our win;&nbsp;we’re&nbsp;so proud of what&nbsp;we’ve&nbsp;achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.&nbsp;
We’re&nbsp;impressed. Are you?&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;the perfect time to join our excellent team.&nbsp;
<a href="https://youtu.be/nUcdplaW63k" target="_blank">Barnsley 2030</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g0hscd?partner=uk.co.bbc&amp;origin=share-mobile" target="_blank">Why Barnsley is booming podcast</a>&nbsp;
For an informal discussion please do not hesitate to contact:&nbsp;
·&nbsp;Keren Martin, Service Manager&nbsp;<a href="mailto:kerenmartin@barnsley.gov.uk" target="_blank">kerenmartin@barnsley.gov.uk</a>

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent part time post of Advanced Social Work Practitioner in the Adult Mental Health Social Work Team. The team consists of qualified social workers some of which also hold Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and Best Interest Assessor (BIA) status. Staff carry out assessments, formulate care plan’s, reviews including s117 aftercare reviews, social supervisor responsibilities, social circumstance reports for people who are detained under s.2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 who have lodged an appeal, in addition to attending Tribunals. They will work within the legal frameworks that underpin Adult Social Care Practice, for example, The Care Act, Safeguarding Adults, Making Safeguarding Personal, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
The role requires a confident individual who can continue to build on the positive close working relationships with adults experiencing poor mental health (complex and noncomplex), their families and carers, Barnsley Integrated Commissioning Board, Health and Housing colleagues, and other associated professionals.&nbsp;
The role also includes sharing management responsibilities with the Manager and the other Advanced Social Work Practitioner’s by undertaking supervision, authorising care plans, allocating work, acting as a safeguarding manager, providing advice, support and direction to team members. &nbsp;
AMHP qualification is desirable but not essential.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker to join our Hospital Social Work Team to work in partnership with health professionals at Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust and other partners supporting the various different Discharge To Assess Pathways.&nbsp;
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The ideal candidate will have a very good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 legislation and be knowledgeable in understanding of Human Rights 1998 and the Care Act 2014. You will need to have a keen interest, have the knowledge and skills mix in working with people with complex health and social care needs including substance misuse, housing / homelessness, mental capacity issues, self-neglect, environmental concerns and advocacy.&nbsp; The ideal candidate will need to be confident in balancing the needs of the individual, their assessed social care needs and health care pressures in line with our integrated care board working partnership.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
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You will have strong social work values that lead your practice with people helping them to achieve the best outcomes leaving intermediate care and hospital.&nbsp;The role will entail working with individuals, families, carers, and communities to enable them to make informed decisions, to promote independence, whilst working in a strengths-based approach.
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You will be responsible for the completion of Care Act assessments, Discharge to Assess Bed triages in hospital, capacity and best interest assessments.&nbsp;You will construct value for money care packages and commission and arrange appropriate services.&nbsp;&nbsp;What matters at Barnsley Council is that you are creative, ambitious, and have person centred focus in engaging those accessing services. Our award-winning council has embarked on an exciting journey of change. It is all about putting local people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities. We are an innovative, and efficient authority and welcome new members to our teams on this exciting journey.
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Your role in our journey
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As a Social Worker in our Hospital Social Work team&nbsp;you will be a relatable practitioner responding to situations with strengths-based practice at the heart of your work. You will develop creative and imaginative solutions to help people achieve positive outcomes which enable people to maintain their independence and live a happier healthier life. With all the changes happening at Barnsley, there’s nowhere more exciting to improve your practice. Here, you’ll help individuals, families, carers and communities to make the right decisions for a safer, more independent future. Along the way, you’ll make your own progress through training programmes.
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What you’ll need
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To join us, you’ll need to have a recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England or waiting to be registered. &nbsp;You’ll bring some relevant experience of working with adults and ideally within a hospital / health care setting.&nbsp; You will be expected to produce high quality assessments, collaborating with various agencies, and interpreting case law and legislation. Knowledge of the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act, local and national policy issues, equal opportunity, and anti-oppressive practice are vital. We’ll expect you to be a skilled communicator and a flexible, creative practitioner; determined to make the most of this unique opportunity.
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A lot to look forward to
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Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you - whether that’s your ASYE training or training to be a leader within Adult social care.

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Please apply online via the link provided. Please note, we do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed online application form.
We are looking for an individual with strong leadership skills to lead and motivate&nbsp;a team of children in care Social Workers&nbsp;and&nbsp;who has&nbsp;a passion for improving the lives of children in the care system. The post holder will be solution focused and have&nbsp;significant experience&nbsp;of working&nbsp;with&nbsp;children in care, foster carers, residential providers, 16+ provisions&nbsp;and multi-disciplinary partner agencies&nbsp;including Health and Education.&nbsp;You will always question ‘would this be good enough for my child’.&nbsp;You will&nbsp;be responsible for&nbsp;a small team of social workers, offering regular reflective supervision and driving&nbsp;timely&nbsp;decisions and plans for children that will achieve positive and sustainable outcomes for their future.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Other key responsibilities&nbsp;include&nbsp;overseeing budgets, performance management,&nbsp;chairing strategy&nbsp;meetings&nbsp;and placement stability meetings. &nbsp;&nbsp;
Children and their families are at the centre of all that we do, and our practice is underpinned by a strength based and relational model. Your role as manager is key in supporting our social workers to develop relationships and to really know and understand children; to have the support to undertake analytical assessment and apply evidence-based interventions and direct work, focussing on progressing care plans for our children and young people.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you are committed to the highest standards of Social Work practice in supporting our social workers to achieve the best outcomes for&nbsp;our children in&nbsp;care&nbsp;we want to hear from you&nbsp;
We are an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ authority and are highly aspirational in delivering the&nbsp;best services&nbsp;and outcomes for children, young people, and their families in the borough.&nbsp;
We are looking for someone with;&nbsp;
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<li>A recognised social work qualification</li>
<li>Significant experience of working with children and their families and of driving planning and outcomes, with a creative approach to intervention</li>
<li>A sound working knowledge of the policies, legislation and procedures that underpin social work practice, with knowledge of children in care processes and experience of working in this area.</li>
<li>Significant experience of supervising social workers, and of supporting and mentoring</li>
<li>Experience of working within performance frameworks</li>
<li>Experience of working in partnership to improve outcomes for children</li>
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Why&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;great to work in Barnsley:&nbsp;
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<li>A highly competitive salary&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>High quality regular supervision and support and a nurturing management team that encourages learning and development&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<li>Flexible working&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<li>A commitment to continuous professional development with&nbsp;a strong training&nbsp;and development offer for staff at all levels&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<li>Good IT support and equipment&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<li>A commitment to health and wellbeing and access to dedicated&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;programme&nbsp;</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/jobs/employee-rewards-and-benefits/" target="_blank">Be Valued Benefits</a></li>
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Interviews will take place on 4 December.

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