Social Worker: Looked After Children Team

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £37,261 per annum.

Main duties:

• The provision of a purposeful, professional social work service to children in need and their families, including the assessment of their needs, in accordance with statutory requirements and Departmental policies
• 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 participate in the organisation and administration of the work of the post to ensure the provision of service is completed
• To provide management information to assist in the setting, implementing and monitoring of the Department’s strategies and services
• To contribute to the allocation of the work of the Team
• To provide a social work service to residential, day care and family placement resources, as appropriate
• 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 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 records of services provided to service users in accordance with the requirements of both the personal records system and the administration system
• To attend reviews, case conferences, core groups and provide the appropriate advice, information and support to such forums
• To plan, implement and review care plans for children looked after

Requirements of 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).

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.