Experienced Social Worker – Fostering (Connected Carers) Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Experienced Social Worker within the Fostering (Connected Carers) Team to work full time based in Medway.

The salary for this permanent Experienced Social Worker job is up to £44,567 per annum.

Main duties:

• Manage a caseload within a framework of appropriate reflective supervision, undertaking focused, analytical assessments, SMART care plans and reviews that have clear objectives and outcome measures in order to ensure that all looked after children received a service that reflects the Council’s commitment to achieving positive outcomes for our looked after children.
• Demonstrate and model good practice that reflects a commitment to relationship and strengths-based practice, working collaboratively with children and their families.
• Work directly with children and young people to establish their lived experiences, wishes and feelings, using a variety of techniques, as required.
• To work with children and families in a variety of diverse and complex contexts, such as mental ill health, disability, substance misuse, domestic abuse, sexual and criminal exploitation, radicalisation, poverty, discrimination, and immigration.
• Consistently use the Signs of Safety practice model in assessments and interventions with looked after children, their families and their carers.
• Regularly review the progress and implementation of children’s care plans and update these based on new assessments or significant changes in the child’s circumstances.
• Demonstrate the ability to influence others in an effort to help coordinate support services in the best way possible to keep children as safe and well cared for as possible.
• Prepare clear, structured and concise reports for meetings, i.e., Looked After Children Reviews, Permanency Planning Meetings, Legal Planning Meetings and Care Proceedings as necessary, to the required standard and within the prescribed timescales.
• Keep up to date with research findings, theoretical models and innovative practice within the social work filed in order to maintain the highest professional standards.
• Maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Data Protection legislation and use Medway Council’s specific recording systems to keep contemporaneous case notes, regularly updating records, reports, plans and assessments so that information and planning for the children you work with is the most relevant and current.
• Keep up to date with the Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research and national trends in order to maintain the highest professional standards.
• At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time to time be agreed in line with the nature of the job described above.

Requirements of this Experienced Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Experienced Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.