Gateshead - Referral and Assessment Team

Gateshead Council – Referral and Assessment Team Are you a compassionate and dedicated social worker with a passion for making a difference in the lives of teenagers? Gateshead contextual safeguarding team are looking to recruit an experienced and motivated Social Workers to join their expanding team. The team consists of adolescent social workers, Edge of Care advocates, homeless prevention workers and a specialist exploitation Workers. The team specialises in harm outside the home and our edge of care advocates work intensively alongside both social workers and families to prevent teenagers coming into care and empowering families to create their own network of support. Responsibilities Work alongside our homeless prevention workers and exploitation workers to provide additional support for families Work alongside a team of specialist health professions which include speech and language therapists, psychologists, specialist nurse practitioners Weekly multi-agency systemic unit meeting and peer mapping with the Police which gives the opportunity for joint peer reflection on families we are supporting and the worries we may be facing as a team. The role is both demanding and challenging but the reward and satisfaction of making the lives of teenagers in our local area safer far outweigh these. You need to be a qualified social worker, registered with SWE and an enhanced DBS would be required but you alre…