Social Worker – Family Support & Safeguarding

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Social Worker within the Family Support & Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Barking.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is £41,586 per annum.

Main duties:

• To undertake high quality, analytical single assessments within statutory timescales, which are reflective of presenting concerns about responsive to identified unmet needs and/or risks.
• To undertake practice which is analytical and reflective and in which the child’s voice is consistently heard and recorded.
• To ensure that services are efficiently and effectively provided, liaising as necessary with other council divisions, Health, Education, Police, and other statutory, independent, and voluntary sector providers.
• Working within the London Child Protection Procedures to undertake key work responsibilities for children subject to a child protection plan and children looked after by the Local Authority who are deemed to be at risk.
• To assess, advice and support Children and Families in need alongside Health, Education and Targeted Family Support colleagues to address unmet need and present statutory safeguarding intervention.
• Working with Care Planning regulations 2010 and in accordance with the Children and Families Act 2014 to execute statutory duties to children in care.
• To promote timely permanency planning for children in care, in accordance with the Adoption Act 2002.
• To enhance and promote continuing professional development in accordance with the Professional Capabilities Framework and registration requirements of the HCPC. To undertake appropriate training and keep abreast of changes in legislation divisional procedures and development in professional practice.
• To contribute to the planning and development of the services provided by the team and promote the improvement of standards and quality assurance.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

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

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.