Children's Social Worker - Family Help (Duty & Assessment) in Nottingham

Our client Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is looking for a Children's Social Worker to join their Family Help (Duty & Assessment) Team. We are looking for Family Help Lead Practitioners – Social Work to support children, young people and their families in our newly formed Family Help Service. You will provide our families with high quality support and respond to their individual needs as required. You will support families to develop solutions to their needs and provide high levels of intervention to keep children and young people with their families. You will support children and young people who are identified as children in need and ensure that appropriate plans are in place to meet families' individual needs effectively enabling families to make positive and sustained changes.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure vulnerable children and adults are safeguarded and report any safeguarding concerns in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Undertake enquiries and assessments of children who may have suffered or may be likely to suffer significant harm, including child protection procedures (Section 47 enquiries) and making applications for Orders to safeguard children under the Children Act.
• Assess the needs of children/young people and their families, identify those at risk or in need of protection, and provide services as appropriate.
• Provide high‑quality planned family support, including crisis response work with families, children and young people as and when required.
• Undertake Children in Need assessments and action‑planning using a framework of assessment/Practice Standards.
• Ensure that legal, policy and practice requirements particular to the specialist area are fully complied with.
• Manage a caseload (Child in Need) and support the child protection and legal process, working with families to embed sustained changes.
• Support children at significant risk of harm and assist families through relevant statutory interventions.
• Work in partnership with children, young people and their families, ensuring professional boundaries are set and maintained.
• Assist in creating a sensitive, caring but structured working relationship enabling young people to explore their difficulties and express wishes and feelings.
• Offer both support and challenge to children, young people and their families as part of any agreed change process.
• Establish effective working relationships with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure high standards of service and support for young people and families.
• Prepare internal and external reports and maintain accurate case records.
• Lead and participate in Children in Need Reviews and statutory review meetings as deemed appropriate by the Senior Practitioner or Team Manager.
• Undertake training as required.
• Work independently within the community, undertaking home visits and lone working.
• Undertake additional duties as required, commensurate with the level of the job.

Remedy Social Care is an APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal‑opportunity employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnicity or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.