Social Worker: Safeguarding Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent Social Work position in the Safeguarding Team, in Bolton.

The salary for this role is up to £41,496 per annum  

Main duties:

• The provision of a purposeful, professional social work service to children in need, children subject to child protection and care proceedings and their families, including the assessment of their needs, in accordance with statutory requirements, court timetables and Departmental policies
• To develop professional skills in working with children and young people to understand their journey, day-to-day life and to promote their voice through direct work and recording of this
• To complete assessments of children and their families, utilising the Assessment Framework, other assessment tools, theory and research to underpin this. Alongside developing skills in understanding and managing risk
• To devise SMART plans and develop strategies of intervention with parents and carers to promote positive outcomes
• To work directly with service users employing a range of social work knowledge, skills, methods and techniques
• To assess, evaluate and review programmes of work with service users, including the coordination and organisation of services both within and outside the Department
• To work with Legal Services and the Courts, including the production of reports within agreed timescales
• To contribute to the planning and development of the Team’s and the Department’s services to children and families, as required and as appropriate
• To provide professional knowledge, ideas, advice, evaluation and information to assist in the Department’s planning and development activities and to contribute to policies and standards
• To maintain appropriate case recordings applicable to the service provided to service users in accordance with requirements of GDPR, the Liquid Logic system and the administration system
• To attend reviews, case conferences, child action meetings and court related meetings and be able to present a summary of information as the Lead Professional or Chair and provide the appropriate advice, information and support to such forums
• To complete visits to children and families within the guidelines of the Departments policies and procedures and ensure these are recorded promptly
• To plan, implement and review care plans for children looked after to ensure permanence plans are in place

Requirements for this job:

• CQSW/ DipSW/CSS/ Social Work Degree or equivalent
• An enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service
• SWE – Must be registered with Social Work England
• Understanding of relevant legislation
• Continual professional development

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Imogen Wheeler; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.