Social Worker / Senior Practitioner - Childrens Team
Location: County Durham
RATE: up to £32.00 per hour, based on experience.
TYPE: LOCUM Senior Practitioner
TEAM: Children Team
HOURS: This is a Full time role (36 hours per week)
Social workers in Children's Services work with our most vulnerable children, young people and families. Your expertise will support families, help keep children safe and enable them both to thrive.
You will benefit from working in a locality team with a strong senior leadership influence who have clear outcome focussed goals centred around the safety and wellbeing of children. Alongside Social Work colleagues, family work colleagues, a team coordinator, enhanced practitioner, social work consultant and team manager – small geographically based teams who work well together. Signs of safety is the embedded practice framework, liquid Logic is our case recording system, and you will have access to a range of training and resources to support you.
You must be able to communicate clearly and sensitively, building effective relationships with children, young people and families and other professionals. Listen to their views and enable their full participation in assessment, planning, and review. Build and maintain high quality and appropriate professional relationships with children, young people and families to enable positive change to take place. Support children, young people and families even they are angry, hostile and resistant to change. Manage tensions between parents, carers and family members, in ways that show persistence, determination and professional confidence. You will promote optimal child development and be alert to signs that may indicate that the child is not meeting key developmental milestones, has been harmed or is at risk of harm.
Key Areas:
1. Identify the impact of adult mental ill health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, physical ill health and disability on family functioning, social circumstances and child development.
2. Carry out in-depth and ongoing family assessment of social need and risk to children, with particular emphasis on parental capacity and capability to change. Ensure that the voice of the child is heard, and that families and partner agencies contribute in a meaningful way to the assessment.
3. Make realistic, child centred, plans within a review timeline, which will manage and reduce identified risks and meet the needs of the child. Ensure that children, young people and families, and partner agencies participate fully.
4. Produce well argued, focused, and jargon free case notes, plans and reports e.g. single assessments and court reports. Present a clear analysis and a sound rationale for actions and conclusions.
5. Evaluate and review the development and progress of children, young people and their families against the agreed plan, monitor their changing needs and evaluate impact. Amend plans as and when necessary.
6. Social workers working in Child Protection and Disability services, Families First and Looked After Services will also lead the investigation of allegations of significant harm to children in consultation with other professionals and practice supervisors.
7. Use the law, regulatory and statutory guidance to inform practice decisions. Make use of the best evidence from research to inform the complex judgements and decisions needed to support families and protect children.
Social Worker / Senior Practitioner Requirements:
* Proven experience in working with children's services
* Current enhanced DBS Disclosure
* Eligibility to work in the UK without work permit or visa restrictions
* Commitment to the safe care and well-being of vulnerable people
Our locum Senior Practitioners benefit from:
* Excellent Rates
* Refer-a-friend scheme*
* Assistance with DBS applications
* Dedicated consultant support
* Varied career and flexible working opportunities
If you are interested in this Senior Practitioner position please apply online or call us on (phone number removed).
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