Children's Social Worker - Kinship care in Somerset

Our client Somerset council is looking for a Children's Social Worker to join their Kinship care team.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Children's Services Function

The responsibility of the Children's Services Function is to promote and ensure the safety, well-being and learning of children and young people. Within the Service, Children and Young People's Social Care Team provide services to "Children in Need", children subject to Child Protection Plans, Children "Looked After" and consultancy across Early Help Services. Many of these roles operate through "multi-agency" teams.

Qualified Social Workers will work in accordance with professional standards (as set by the HCPC) and provide case responsible roles and statutory services to:

• Children and young people in need;
• Children subject to "child protection plans";
• Children "looked after".

They may also provide specialist and/or consultancy services where deemed beneficial to children and families to other professionals and to children and families receiving Early Years services.

Common Elements of the Assignment

A. Make on-going assessments of allocated cases to reflect individual circumstances including assessment of risk, enabling independent functioning, and need to ensure that service users are protected from significant harm.

• Responsible for a caseload of varying complexity, commensurate with experience, ability and qualification, receiving and responding to referrals from various sources.
• Risk Assessment to ensure children and young people are protected. To respond to needs identified by specifying and delivering evidence based interventions as required.
• Statutory and best practice reviews and comply with appropriate legislation, policy and procedures.
• Assess financial safeguarding and care needs in consultation with other professionals and agencies and agree levels of support.

B. Managing risk and safeguarding.

• Identify risk and safeguarding concerns and escalate immediately where appropriate.

C. Prepare and present reports as necessary to facilitate proper decisions being made in respect of service users and to provide quality assurance.

• Provide information, written assessments, reports and statements to support other service professionals, managers and the courts in making decisions related to care.
• Maintain file records relating to service users to a high standard in accordance with relevant legislation, policy and procedures.
• To contribute to ensuring the successful completion of Quality Assurance processes within the team.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs.
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions. 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 opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.