Consultant Social Worker - Family Safeguarding Team
We are looking to recruit a Senior Social Worker within a Family Safeguarding Team within the Social Care industry in Somerset County Council. The successful candidate will be working in a well-structured, organised team who are growing their social worker staffing levels.
Responsibilities include:
Act as the lead professional for the more complex cases and offer high level professional and statutory advice to other Social Workers.
Undertake advanced assessments including court reports, child permanence records (CPRs) providing detailed outcome focused analysis of the main issues including risk and needs in relation to service users and carers so that, within relevant legislation, appropriate action is taken, monitored, and reviewed effectively. Specific responsibilities and duties relate to Permanence, Child Protection, legal work, Children Looked After, Fostering and Adoption.
Represent the service in legal proceedings.
Operate with a significant degree of professional independence and demonstrate competence through CPD and achievement of appropriate post qualification awards.
Manage a workload within the designated function of complex and challenging cases with knowledge, skills and sensitivity or cases of sufficient risk and profile to warrant an experienced worker to work solely on it.
Have an increased level of autonomy and decision making, based on experience and knowledge. Will report to the relevant m...