Child Exploitation Social Worker – Rotherham, South Yorkshire  

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Children and Young People’s Services 

37 hours per week, permanent  

Salary details: £43,421 & Excellent Benefits 

Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young People’s Service. For more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit: https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/childrens-social-work-jobs 

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Our Children and Young People’s Service are currently recruiting a Child Exploitation Social Worker for Rotherham’ s Evolve Service

ABOUT THE EVOLVE SOCIAL WORK SERVICE  

The Evolve Child Exploitation service works with young people and their families from across the borough of Rotherham with the primary function of reducing risk around Child Exploitation. This includes working children and young people who are Looked After and are placed both in and out of the Rotherham area. Alongside the direct work with children, young people and their families, we work close with our multi agency partners and communities and provide training and learning opportunities for others to help in a consistent and robust response to exploitation throughout Rotherham. We are based with the Evolve Police and support young people as victims within the investigation and Court process.  

The team focus is:  

Trauma-informed one to one support for vulnerable young people who have been groomed by groups for sexual or criminal exploitation

Supporting young people throughout investigations

Complex abuse queries and mapping intelligence to disrupt and reduce risk.

Developing phased care plans aimed at building life skills, teaching young people to recognise risk and manage their own safety within the community.

Group work

Safety planning  

Be part of our cutting-edge work to safeguard young people in the community at risk of CE, gang involvement and drug related risks within the community. This role would suit candidates with high levels of emotional resilience and self-awareness to deal with challenging behaviors given the nature of risks managed within a closely monitored and supervised environment.  

Key benefits of working at Rotherham Council’s Children and Young People’s service are: 

You will be joining an authority Ofsted rate as Good

Manageable caseloads

Strong management support and oversight with approachable and supportive senior managers

Regular reflective supervision

Excellent professional learning & development opportunities – guaranteed 15 days per year, underpinned by the Rotherham Family Approach which incorporates ‘Signs of Safety’, ‘Restorative Approaches’, and ‘Social Pedagogy’ as our methodological approach and framework

Bespoke Learning Academy to support practitioners

Excellent social work case management and reporting systems making your job easier

An accredited social work career pathway to Level 2, 3 and Advanced Practitioner positions and a proven record of ‘growing our own’ at all levels

A positive learning environment to enhance your social work career.

Opportunity to talk to current staff via a virtual drop in to gain a greater insight

Able to offer fixed term contracts to cover maternity leave should that suit your personal circumstances 

ABOUT YOU 

We are seeking talented and inspirational professionals who can: 

Innovate to help re-define children’s services  

Promote a learning and coaching culture  

Develop the skills and practices of our Social Care team to provide an outstanding service to children and young people  

Add value and make the most of available resources 

Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do. 

By working with our Children’s Social Care teams you will play a crucial role in developing their skills and practice and our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust and transparency. Joining us at a time of change with regard to developing practice model provides you an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with methodological approaches. 

With new leadership in place and a heartfelt commitment to providing a best practice centre of excellence, you will play a vital role in building on our performance culture - providing direction and support that is rewarding in every sense, for every individual. 

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities please email them to alexia.barber@rotherham.gov.uk