Emergency Duty Team Advisor

Tired of working a 9 to 5 job? Then this may be just the role for you. The Emergency Duty Team is a Countywide Out of Hours Social Work Service that operates in the evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays when mainstream day services are closed. This is a part-time role (25 hours per week). Please note that working patterns are subject to a rota and shifts to ensure cover every evening, weekend, and bank holiday throughout the year. There is a 15% enhancement on the salary to account for working anti-social hours. This role will be a mix of working from home and office-based (Nuneaton Justice Centre) at the weekends and bank holidays. The Emergency Duty Team (EDT) provides a statutory Social Work service to all service users, carers, and agencies that require an emergency response outside of normal working hours. The role includes dealing with referrals from professionals and members of the public who have concerns about a child’s or adult’s welfare and safety, through consultation, consideration, and where necessary and proportionate the sharing of information. Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme. Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Our Offer to you includes: Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload. Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee. A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas. We also offer a Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex-colleague/friend. The EDT Advisor will be the first point of contact within social care assessing incoming information in relation to children and adults in emergency need of support and protection. They will respond to contact from both professionals and members of the public. The EDT Advisor will work in a supportive and restorative way to achieve the best possible outcome for service users. The EDT Advisor will be responsible for talking to families and professionals about their concerns, giving advice and signposting as appropriate. This will include signposting to Adults Services or Family Connect. Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make: Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! Your future matters to us; we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas. Additional Information: Recently awarded “Good” by Ofsted, WCC is an organisation committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced adult and children’s DBS disclosure. The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public. For further information about the role please contact the hiring manager: Claire Reynolds. Closing date:

Thursday 23rd January 2025 at midnight. Interviews to take place on:

Thursday 30th January 2025. Should you require application forms in an alternative format/language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of underrepresentation in its workforce.

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