Job Summary
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen at the Bridge. We are looking for an experienced social worker to join the team at the Bridge Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) and Paediatric Centre of Excellence located in Bristol.
The Bridge SARC looks after children and young people of all ages who have experienced sexual abuse in the geographical regions of Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire as well as adults complainants of rape and sexual assault in the area covered by the Avon & Somerset Constabulary.
The role will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team providing care and support primarily for children and young people and their parents and carers following sexual harm.
Main duties of the job
This role will entail
– Overview and coordination of referrals into the service for access to non-recent CSA service including :
- To act as the key service navigator for this patient group
- Direct liaison with local authorities, police forces, CYP and their parents/carer across the commissioned area and
- Coordinate and chair weekly intake meetings for the non-recent service
- To represent the SARC and its function in the context of multiagency strategy and professionals meetings across the commissioned area; this will involve:
- Information sharing
- Expert advice and guidance to inform decision making supported by the SARC clinical team
- To collaborate with other members of the team on the training of professionals, consultation with professionals, data scrutiny and safeguarding activity across the SARC service to include
- Maintenance and analysis of the safeguarding database
- Dissemination of child protection medical reports to relevant professionals
- To promote the SARC and non-recent service activity amongst social care teams, MASH, Public Health and Education across our commissioned ICBs
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Current registration with Social Work England
- Degree in Social Work
Desirable
- Counselling Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant Post qualification experience of client work with children adolescents or families where sexual abuse is confirmed or suspected
- Experience of presenting social work assessments and interventions to a multi-professional team.
- Good understanding of Trauma Informed Practice and Principles
Desirable
- Experience of formal or informal teaching/training to social care, health and other professional (D)
- Experience of working with children with health needs
- Experience of work within a health setting
- Up to date knowledge of third sector provision and services
Aptitudes
Essential
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills from which to build therapeutic relationships with families. And communicate effectively with members of the MDT
- Able to manage sensitive information and demonstrate active listening skills
- Able to demonstrate empathic and relatable manner in working with families and team members
- Able to demonstrate good organisations and time management skills
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to assess the SW needs of patients and families in a physical health setting
- Able to generate systemic and individual assessments and interventions based on applying social work principles to the complex information generated by the family, health and social care systems
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a specialist social worker in relation to a patient/ their family/ the staff teams/ and the wider organisational systems around them
- Able to prioritise workload depending on risk/need
- Awareness of the potential risk of personal stress related to this work and evidence of strategies to mitigate this
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 22 January 2025
