In this role, you will be responsible for assessing relatives or friends to care for children & young people, when their own parents are not able to.
As a Social Work Assistant in the service, you will be responsible for supporting the work completed within your social work team; which will include:
* Contacting potential Connected Persons Foster Carers / Special Guardians to introduce yourself/the service and talk through the stage one checks & references required as part of the full Form C (Coram BAAF) assessment. It will also be necessary to be able to give an overview of the assessment process, why this is taking place and what will be expected from applicants.
* Being confident in using electronic systems (CHARMS, Eclipse, spreadsheets etc) to keep records up to date and be able to communicate with people using a variety of different methods.
* Working alongside and communicating effectively with Social Workers and other professionals across the service including child care social workers, legal representatives, GP's and the medical advisor.
* To meet with potential applicants and help them complete paperwork, check ID for the purposes of DBS checks and to ensure people have the correct paperwork and understand the process for requesting a full adult medical with their GP.
* To support social workers within the service to complete the full Form C (Coram BAAF) assessment; this may include completing one to one sessions...