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Interim Social Worker (Children) - Safeguarding/Locality Team
Reference no: Wakefield 0009 9E8C / 1
Pay Rate: £25.13 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: HEMSWORTH
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
You will provide a high quality and comprehensive social work service to children and young people, their families and carers in line with the policies and procedures of the Children and Young People’s Directorate and within regulatory and statutory guidelines, the Knowledge and Skills Statement for Child and Family Work and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Code of Practice. Contribute to a wide range of statutory social work activities and carry out professional social work tasks in accordance with recognised social work procedures, Signs of Safety, evidence based practice and professional social work ethics.
This is an experienced social worker role with specific responsibilities for managing a caseload of higher levels of complexity. This will include assessment of needs and the management of risk regarding children, young people, their families and carers.
Key responsibilities:
Carry out the role and responsibilities of a key worker for a caseload which will include complex and statutory work
Undertake assessment, planning and reviewing work concerning children in need, children subject to child protection plans and children who are looked after in care using the Signs of Safety model and a child-focused approach in accordance with agreed statutory and service procedures.
Work restoratively with children and young people, families and carers to maintain and develop effective relationships and to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning
Be responsible for analysing information to support the ongoing needs of children, young people and their families and carers
Work directly with children and young people to ensure that assessments and interventions are informed by their views
Maintain and develop effective working relationships with other professionals within the directorate and with partner agencies to ensure integrated, holistic and multidisciplinary approach to the care management and safeguarding of children and young people.
Work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed choices and decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.
Utilise appropriate information and communication technology to ensure the provision of prompt and efficient services and information to service users, partner agencies and other stakeholders and maintain accurate and complete records.
Be responsible for planning and negotiating a range of appropriate services and interventions that meet the needs of children and young people within delegated levels of responsibility
Use high level communication skills including listening, building empathy, consultation and negotiation to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people.
Key requirements:
Appropriate social work professional qualification ( BA or MA in Social Work, Dip in Social Work, or equivalent recognised by the Central Council for Education & Training in Social Work)
Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
In depth knowledge of relevant policies, appropriate legislation, government guidance and best practice in all aspects of social work in the Local Authority appropriate to the needs of children, young people, their families and carers from diverse backgrounds
A wide knowledge and understanding of the needs of service users
Extensive knowledge and experience of Signs of Safety and evidence based practice and a track record of integrating this into own practice and service delivery
Significant post qualifying experience and continuous professional development
Extensive experience acting as workplace supervisor supporting newly qualified social workers and/or social work students
Significant experience of working together with others across voluntary and statutory agencies, providing a social work service to children, young people and their families and carers, gained in statutory settings at a practitioner level, undertaking a full range of statutory social work tasks
Substantial evidence of maintaining and developing skill and knowledge base in professional field through post qualifying training or other opportunities
Keyboarding skills are required to ensure accurate and appropriate information is produced and provided to service users, customers and clients.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Wakefield 0009 9E8C / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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