The Adolescent Pod works with young people who are at high risk of sexual explotation, radicalisation and/or who are at risk of entering care or custody. This demanding role requires the ability to engage hard to reach young people, through building and maintaining effective relationships. Requiring the ability to create innovative packages of support, intervention and care that are tailored to meet individual needs. Providing the opportunity to specialise in working with adolescents as a Social Worker in this team you will hold a caseload of between 6 and 10 young people with support from a range of adolescent targeted services including Functional Family Therapy, Youth Employability, Youth Offending, Substance Misuse Services and the Extended Adolescent Support Service.

About you You must hold a Professional Social Work Qualification (e.g. CQSW, Dip(SW), MSW) and be registered as a social worker with the HCPC. In addition, you will need to have experience of working directly with children in need and their families in a multi-disciplinary service and be able to build strong, meaningful relationships with children from diverse backgrounds, their families and key agencies.

Our benefits These include:

• salary within the range 30,178 to 36,571 per annum

•career average pension scheme

•27 days leave a year

•flexible working

•childcare voucher scheme

•group supervision as well as 1-2-1 support;

•Reflective Practice Groups;

•a robust programme of learning and development, including an innovative Continuing Learning and Assessment Model;

•support from Lead Practitioners;

•opportunities to take part in practice research;

•a local keyworker housing scheme;