Having the ability to keep a child safe or a family together is a wonderful thing.
Working in Children’s Services offers diverse careers that cannot be rivalled for impact where the positive impacts of your work will extend a long way beyond your day-to-day role.
Helping to keep a child safe means that you are giving them a better chance of a happy, healthy and thriving future.
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We prioritise support, learning, development, and wellbeing across our workforce. We celebrate and share good practice and will give you the training and development you need to excel.
We are an Ofsted rated Good authority with Outstanding Leadership. We keep children and families at the heart of practice by working within our Practice Framework.
Within Dorset our focus is on working within communities and with multi-agency input, responding to the individual needs of the communities we work with and approaching families in a restorative and strengths-based approach.
Social workers are at the heart of what we do. We are committed to providing the support, training, and development you need to continue to improve your professional practice as a social worker.
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You will work with young people one-on-one, in groups, and through outreach. You will develop strong, positive relationships with colleagues. You will also collaborate with schools, community sector organisations, and partner agencies.
This role involves direct work with children, young people and their families, creating, supporting and contributing to multi-agency plans and interventions to improve outcomes and life chances for our children and young people in Dorset.
You will provide care and support to children and young people. You will start in a residential setting. You will also work in communities and homes to improve their lives.
Recruiting, assessing and supporting adoptive parents and foster carers, our team matches children to families and provides continual support. As a fostering Social Worker, you will be able to support Dorset's foster carers and help them achieve great outcomes for the children they care for.
Support the development of Education, Health and Care Plans that are co-produced with the children, their families and the settings they attend. This role involves direct work with children and families.
Occupational Therapists provide advice, reassurance, support, assessment and intervention to help children and young people develop their skills in everyday activities.
Educational psychologists work with children, young people, families and schools, using psychology to promote positive outcomes in relation to wellbeing, communication and learning.
