Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO)
Salary: up to £49,742 (+pay award pending from April 2024)
Hours: Full Time
Contract: 2 year fixed term
Location: Bromley Civic Centre/flexible working
Looking for your next exciting adventure in social work? Passionate about children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities? Look no further!
Bromley is committed to making children and young people in the Borough its top priority and are seeking a highly talented and influential DSCO to take forward our key priorities across SEND and social care.
Bromley Children’s Social Care has recently been awarded an Ofsted rating of “outstanding”. You can view the latest report on: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/44/305
Applications will close on2nd April 2024.
About the Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO) role:
This is an exciting opportunity to shape this new role which is aimed at strengthening collaborative working between Education, Health and Social care.
The DSCO will strategically lead in embedding the social care elements of the SEND strategy across the local authority and ensure we are compliant with legislative requirements of the SEND Code of Practice 0-25 (2015), and that we are meeting our statutory responsibilities under the Children and Family Act (2014) and Care Act (2014).
The Designated Social Care Officer will support colleagues in children’s social care to ensure they meet their statutory duties for children and young people with SEND aged 0-25, leading to improved outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
The post holder will represent Bromley Council at key regional and national events and will be a source of expert professional advice on SEND reforms relating to social care within Bromley and will seek to learn nationally from the evidence base of best practice.
We are looking for a social worker that:
· Is passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
· Has an in-depth knowledge and understanding of both social care legislation and the SEND reforms.
· Is confident and competent to negotiate with and influence others, build and nurture effective partnerships, working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders across the Local Authority, community, parent and voluntary organisations, promoting opportunities for co-production.
· Can offer training, advice and guidance to staff throughout the organisation and to partner agencies as the social care lead.
· Has experience of using quality assurance frameworks and systems to monitor and review the effectiveness of services.
· Is able to identify areas of the EHCP processes which require practice improvement and be able to present solutions.
· Is able to demonstrate excellent organisational, planning and administrative skills to a high standard, alongside being able to plan your workload in order to meet strict deadlines and work collaboratively with team members.
· Has effective leadership and negotiation skills and experience of working collaboratively with Senior Managers to drive organisational developments and changes
Bromley are working in a relationship-based practice framework and we are looking for a social worker who is passionate about working with children and their families. We are looking for an individual who will be able use their ability to form good relationships with families and professionals to bring about positive changes for children and young people who have SEND.
We are confident that with your support, we will continue to provide high quality social care services to our children in Bromley as set out in our improvement and transformation plan. In return we ask that you bring your passion, dedication and skills to us.
The Bromley Promise:
- Manageable caseloads for every Social Worker
- Dedicated time for reflective supervision
- Generous Annual Leave Entitlement
- Two-week protected induction programme
- Excellent Learning and development opportunities with bespoke training for every social worker
- Social Workers and team managers have easy and regular access to the leadership team
Applicants must have completed their ASYE.
To view the JD and Person Specification please click this link
Please note, applicants will need to address the person specification as part of their personal statement within their application.
To view our Roadmap to Excellence document please click here.
To view our Social Work Practice Standards please click here.
Please click here to view our Making Bromley Even Better strategy.
Are you ready to join our team and be part of our exciting journey?
Bromley’s central offices (Bromley Civic Centre) are located in the heart of Bromley and the borough is home to one of the biggest shopping, food and entertainment centres in the Southeast. Excellent transport links mean you can be in either Central London or the gorgeous Kent countryside in just 15 minutes, depending which direction you take!
International travel is just as accessible. Fast and frequent trains will take you to Ashford and Dover, which both offer transport to the continent. What’s more, London’s two main airports, Gatwick and Heathrow, are both a short road trip away!
Some of the benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:
- Eligibility to join the Lease Car Scheme
- Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
- Excellent transport links
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes make huge savings on – Cycle2Work bike scheme.
- Employee Benefits Lifestyle Discounts –hundreds of discounts at local and national retailers, restaurants, holidays and much more
Equal Opportunities Statement
We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work and a wide range of unique discounts.