Social Worker

Working hours: 20 hours per week, working Monday, Tuesday and alternative Wednesdays with some flexibility required as the service needs.

Interview Date: To be confirmed

At Thorndale Parenting Service we help transform lives, families and futures. We support children and families who face significant challenges in life, often as a result of trauma or adversity. Offering a broad range of services and supports delivered through trauma-informed and relational-based approaches and interventions, we strengthen families, support parents and safeguard children. We strive to provide safe, supportive and reparative spaces and opportunities for families to share their feelings and concerns, explore difficulties, worries and challenges, and reflect upon life events, dynamics and relationships.

We are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker, an exciting opportunity to work creatively with children and families within both our day assessment service. If you are passionate about family work and are committed to ensuring children, parents and families are provided with the right support, in the right way, at the right time to deal with the challenges they may be facing, then we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities: You will work collaboratively within the team to assist with day to day operations within this specialist service. As a qualified social worker, you will take on a key role in the provision of safe, supportive, enabling and nurturing environments, whilst undertaking assessments, and providing targeted supports and interventions to improve family relationships, develop parental skills and knowledge, and enhance parental insight.

The successful applicant may hold line management responsibilities, and be part of the on call rota .

The successful candidate(s) will be able to demonstrate:

• Minimum 2 years post qualifying experience
• Experience of delivering a client focused service which undertakes holistic assessments and identifies appropriate and meaningful support for parents and families.
• The knowledge and skill base necessary to deliver relevant evidence-based interventions with children and families.
• Knowledge of the importance of nurturing, trauma-informed approaches when working with children and families who have experienced adversities, and ability to deliver therapeutic parenting interventions.
• Ability to work in a busy and emotionally intense environment, be reflective and strength focused, show good time management skills and demonstrate an ability to prioritise tasks and work as required.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and an ability to compile and present professional reports.
• Experience of building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships with stakeholders, other services and departments, clients and staff.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK, Access NI and relevant qualifications.

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click here and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.