Social Worker – Safeguarding & Support Team

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £48,496 per annum.

Main duties:

• Hold and manage a varied caseload reflecting the function of the team in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and legislation
• Identifies and assesses levels of risk and need, and delivers protective or supportive services for children at risk, in need and/or looked after
• Maintains an up-to-date assessment care plan and review for all cases
• Assesses and analyse need, contributing to and implementing plans and reviewing progress against identified outcomes ensuring that the child’s welfare is paramount throughout
• Ensure that reports are up to date, of a high quality and submitted according to appropriate timescales
• Work co-operatively with colleagues and in partnership across agency boundaries
• Attend a range of meetings including child protection case conference meetings and court hearings to represent the local authority
• Undertake direct work with all children, young people and their families in line with agreed care plans
• Carrie out all work within equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory frameworks
• Carrie out statutory obligations in accordance with departmental policy and practice
• Keep up-to-date and act in accordance with current legislation and departmental practice and initiatives
• Develop/maintain good working relationships with other professionals in all agencies
• Maintain accurate, up to date, and relevant case recordings and any other records as specified in departmental guidance and procedures and utilising tools such as the Children Case Management (CCM) system as appropriate
• Maintain regular supervision through frequent meetings and briefings in line with the Department’s supervision policy. Contribute to the development of other workers sharing knowledge and skills as appropriate
• Report changes to risk levels, care plans or children’s circumstances to their supervisor on a regular basis or immediately as required. Seeks advice on appropriate action, developing new risk assessments and care plans as guided by their supervisor
• Contribute through team meetings and organisational events to the development of the service

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 Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within the social work sector from social workers, senior social workers, advanced practitioners, senior practitioners, team managers, and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

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.