At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide professional social work to children and families, ensuring their voices are heard.
- Company: Join Oxfordshire County Council's dedicated family support & safeguarding team.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Equal opportunities employer welcoming diverse applicants.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of children and families while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in social work and a passion for helping others.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Our client Oxfordshire county council is looking for an Experienced Social Worker to join their family support & safeguarding team.
Job Purpose: To provide professional social work to a caseload of children, young people, and families, appropriate to experience and capabilities, ensuring their views are heard. To ensure the highest of professional standards and good overall knowledge of relevant law, legislation, and practice in line with the values and principles of FSS. To ensure provision of good quality services which integrate government and local guidance and initiatives including Children Acts 1989 & 2004, Working Together, local Child Protection and Looked After Children procedures, and the DoH, Assessment Framework 2000.
Responsibilities:
- To provide an efficient and effective service to children, young people, and their families, ensuring that the needs of the children and their parents/carers are professionally assessed, and that relevant interventions are provided where needed, in a timely way.
- To work with families using the FSS Workbook modules, and a strengths-based approach.
- To prepare and submit written reports as and when required, including child protection conference reports and legal reports for care proceedings.
- To attend conferences, reviews and court as required for each case presenting plans clearly, with professionalism and integrity.
- To ensure the Assistant/Team Manager is kept fully appraised of significant information about allocated families, seeking advice as and when necessary.
- To attend group supervision when required and to ensure that relevant updates are provided before each group supervision session.
- To attend individual supervision when required and engage in continual professional development as recommended by the Assistant/Team Manager.
- To use ICT to maintain accurate case records, and to be able to record activity in line with key performance management data.
- To ensure that all case management complies with the statutory requirements and the Council's policies and procedures.
- To act as the duty worker for the team on a rotational basis.
- To undertake child and family assessments for allocated families when required.
- To investigate allegations of harm or neglect under s47 Children Act 1989 when required.
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.
