Social Worker, Emergency Duty Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Emergency Duty Team to work full time based in Haringey.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £50,890 per annum.

Main duties:

• To work alone and take responsibility for the provision of an emergency social work service for children, families, mental health and community care.
• To ensure work is prioritised in order to ensure a safe and effective service.
• To provide professional advice in respect of child safeguarding policy and practice and to undertake investigation and initiate action to protect children where necessary.
• To investigate the circumstances of children at risk of harm, children in need and to support, advise and where necessary, take action to alleviate need where identified.
• To take decisions about the accommodation of children. To always consider if there is a connected person who could safeguard a child before the opinion of arranging a placement.
• To assess the need of statutory orders under the Children Act and where necessary arrange and action these.
• To ensure that the voice of a child is heard and recorded and where appropriate visit children and young people who present in crisis.
• To act as an Approved Mental Health Professional for the purposes of the Mental Health Act. To maintain this status by taking part in appropriate training, professional development and re-approval process. To inform, your line manager if you begin to act as an AMHP for another local authority.
• To respond to requests from Police transfer young people being held in custody to local authority accommodation.
• To be able to identify those issues about which it is necessary to inform or consult with senior staff.
• To participate in supervision and performance appraisal in accordance with the Council’s policy.
• To report any concerns about abuse or malpractice by colleagues, in line with the Council’s Whistle Blowing Policy.
• To liaise with other staff in the Council and partner agencies so as to promote effective working together.
• To record and share information to indicate case activity and any follow up actions/handover before going off duty in line with the case recording policy.
• To undertake any other relevant duties as required by the Team Manager.

Requirements of this role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• This post requires registration with the relevant health professional council/governing body (Social Care England).

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.