This post is open to Bradford Council Employees and non-employees. 

It is an exciting time to join us in Bradford Children’s Services.  We have a strong Senior Leadership Team who are focused and have a clear vision to embed quality of practice across the Bradford District. Children are at the heart of everything we do.  We are and continue to embed Trauma informed, relationship based practice with focus on the Strengths based model, working with key partners across the district within our work with families and we have a clear model of care for the children and young people we look after.

We are looking to recruit friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our expanding Placement Coordination Team and we want to hear from you if you  

• Have excellent innovation skills to join us on our journey to excellence

• Have the ability to work and contribute to a team

• Have a flexible approach when the need arises

The Role you would be coming to do:
The teams undertake provider assessments and match children to placements based on assessed needs from the area Social Work Teams.  This is a joined up approach to ensure appropriate placements for children are identified and assessed in a timely manner to reduce drift and delay.  You will be dealing with requests for placements which require completion within timescales led by both regulations and court timetabling. 

The person we are looking for:
We are looking for someone who has experience of social work with children and families, and quality assuring the delivery of services to Bradford’s children in care. You need to ensure that the child/young person’s needs are matched to appropriate placements.  You need to be highly professional, be able to receive and screen referrals, understanding a child’s needs and the availability of resources to meet these, liaising with other colleagues, partners and external placement providers to ensure detailed assessment, matching and prioritising.

Recognised Social Work Qualification
Registration with Social Work England

 For further information regarding this post please contact Lakhan Sahota, Team Manager on 07811112469 or email Lakhan.sahota@bradford.gov.uk / Zoe Nichols, Service Manager manager on 07582108905 or email zoe.nichols@bradford.gov.uk

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

As this post is suitable for a secondment, interested applicants need to have secured the secondment agreement with their manager prior to the application.

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do as a Council and the people we support. We have a number of self-directed Staff Networks (Disability, LGBTQ+, Race Equality, Women’s Voice, Working Carers and Young Persons) which assist in providing a voice and support mechanism to colleagues.

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is also available to all staff, which offers opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups, and provides additional benefits and resources to its members. This is part of the RESPECT Campaign, which is the Council’s Internal Equalities Vision for staff and its ambition to build an truly inclusive workforce, where everyone can be their true selves at work.

Closing Date: 6 March 2023

 Please see attached Job Profile: Experienced Social Worker JP.doc