This is a statutory role whose primary purpose is to safeguard children and young people who have either suffered or who are likely to be at risk of suffering significant harm as defined by the Children Act 1989. This role also encompasses other statutory duties and responsibilities of Children’s Social Care as defined by legislation and guidance. To identify the full range of risks to children and help manage those risks; ensure proportionate intervention, including securing and supporting alternative homes for children, including those in and beyond public care placed with family and friends and for adoption Directing work with children, young people and families in multiple settings/locations, ensuring the child/young person’s voice is central to all case work and recording including: o Delivering recognised packages of support and tools to engage children, young people and families to achieve positive outcomes. This will require climbing stairs and lifting small children and their equipment, travel to and from destinations, lone working and occasional weekend and evening working o Building purposeful, effective relationships with children and families, demonstrating a high level of skill in evidence based, effective social work approaches to helping children and families which support change o Working to tight deadlines, managing conflicting demands and interruptions (30%) Undertaking assessments of need and risk; plan for outcomes, reviewing in line with procedures and applying understanding of the key risk factors affecting child welfare and development including: o Analysis of the decision-making, the difference between opinion and fact, the role of evidence and the reasoning of any conclusions reached and recommendations made o Maintaining timely and accurate case recording in line with practice standards, managing information in line with the council’s policies, procedures and guidance on data protection (40%) Undertaking Court work and may be called upon to give evidence on behalf of the Local Authority (15%). Participating positively in supervision, practice development and newly qualified worker scheme requirements (15% Degree or higher qualification in Social Work that has resulted in registration with relevant professional regulatory body for the profession Knowledge of the legislative frameworks for child and family social work Some experience of working in a child care setting, which may have been gained though student placement or voluntary or paid work