Reference: RBKC612248
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London
Salary: £39,615 - £47,736 per annum (Pending pay award) plus child protection allowance up to £2,500 pro rata per annum
Application Deadline:12 Nov 2023
Helping young people find their independence – through care and compassion.
In Kensington and Chelsea, we look after a diverse population, which includes people living in some of the nation’s most affluent and most deprived wards. We have high aspirations for all our children and young people and have shaped our social work services to deliver the best for them, including those who arrive as unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and those who are leaving care without family support.
You will provide a full social work service to children being looked after by the local authority as a result of their immigration status. This will include care leavers from the age of 18 up until 25 years of age. You’ll join a well-established specialist team of social workers and personal advisors using systemic, trauma-informed practices to build and maintain compassionate, lasting relationships with children and young people.
You can expect to provide tailored care to overcome day-to-day problems, and support young people as they transition into adulthood and independent living. This includes working with legal representation and other organisations on the formal immigration processes for those seeking asylum. You will also ensure an effective transition for young people into leaving care services or making a return to their country of origin. Occasionally you will need to undertake age assessments.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information.
A qualified and registered social worker, you’ll have experience of working with children and young people. An understanding of child protection and statutory childcare work, including looked after children and care leavers is essential. Experience of working with asylum seekers and refugees is desirable but not essential, you must be ready to offer a service that is culturally sensitive and empowering.
To get you started, we offer a comprehensive induction and 15 days of systemic training, but professional development and learning opportunities will continue throughout your career with us. You’ll benefit from relatively low caseloads and regular supervision, and will be offered plenty of scope to innovate.
In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.
Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.
We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.
Application process
Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.
You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.
Additional information
We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.
This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.
We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.
Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.
If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk
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