Social Worker – Leaving Care Team

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £42,403 per annum.

Main duties:

• To provide an efficient and cost-effective service to children, young people and their families, ensuring that the needs of the children and their parents/carers are professionally assessed.
• To investigate, evaluate and analyse information on cases, demonstrating clarity of assessment, reliability of information, evidence conclusions and realistic action plans. Ensure adequate recording that evidence practice.
• To develop practice, that takes a holistic view of the individual, locating them in both their immediate and extended social circles, and having full regard to their overall development needs.
• To ensure that all case management complies with the statutory requirements and the Council’s policies and procedures.
• To prepare and submit written reports as and when required, including statements and care plans for care proceedings in the Family Proceedings, County and High Courts.
• To ensure the Team Manager is kept fully appraised of problems arising from workload and seek advice as and when necessary.
• To ensure the Team Manager is kept fully appraised of problems arising from workload and seek advice as and when necessary.
• To proactively liaise with and work in partnership other agencies and organisations, parents and carers.
• To attend conferences, reviews and court as required for each case presenting the Council plans and opinions with professionalism and integrity.
• To be familiar with Health and Safety procedures and good practice and to implement these in all aspects of working practice and promote them in the team and workplace.
• To undertake any other duties as may be required which are appropriate for grades of posts up to and including the grade of this post. This will include covering for other posts.

Requirements of this Social Worker role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

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.