Social Worker – Permanent full‑time position in the Referral & Assessment Team for Achieving for Children, based in Twickenham. Salary up to £40,614 per annum.
Main duties
- To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people, giving due consideration to their face, culture, religion and linguistic background.
- To mange an agreed caseload of children and young people in compliance with casework objectives, statutory and departmental policy and procedural requirements, consistently maintaining the highest level of professional standards.
- To undertake direct social work responsibilities as an allocated worker to the children and young people assigned, investigating concerns regarding a child or young person s safety on wellbeing, make an assessment of the risk and protective factors in the family and decide the most appropriate course of action.
- To work to range of legal options to support investigation and protection and accommodations, if required give evidence in court, using contingency planning to anticipate complexity and changing circumstances.
- To work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to formulate care plans in partnership, based on their assessment of need, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to their planning.
- To ensure the planning and review of statutory work with children and young people is in accordance with statutory regulation and to produce written reports and other documentation for this purpose.
- Maintain and update case notes and other records, write reports as required, if required, give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
- To prepare and maintain case records and other casework information on the Integrated Children s System (ICS), in accordance with the department s policy and timescales.
- To participate in the monitoring of service delivery against agreed targets, timescales and resources, taking action as appropriate to achieve desired outcomes.
- To keep staff and stakeholders informed of information that affects them and influences service development.
- To establish and maintain good communication across children s social care and with departments and agencies to facilitate the improvement and development of the service.
- To demonstrate a commitment to own personal and professional development and to developing and coaching others.
- To undertake project work and produce reports and deliver presentations as required.
- Ensure the wellbeing of employees and service-users by actively promoting and complying with health and safety regulations, policies and procedures.
Requirements of this role
- Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
- Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
- Experience of community and/or group work.
- Knowledge of children s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.
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. We will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
