Social Work Assistant
Birmingham
£16.50/hr
Start date: ASAP
Full time: Mon - Fri - 36/hr
Hatched Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Social Work Assistant in the Birmingham area. The role is a contract role for 3 - 6 months.
This is a Social Work Assistant role based in one of the three Kinship Assessment Teams. Our specialist assessment teams are 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:
1. 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. You will need to provide an overview of the assessment process and what will be expected from applicants.
2. Being confident in using electronic systems (CHARMS, Eclipse, spreadsheets, etc.) to keep records up to date and communicate with people using a variety of different methods.
3. Working alongside and communicating effectively with Social Workers and other professionals across the Trust, including child care social workers, legal representatives, GPs, and the medical advisor.
4. Meeting with potential applicants to help them complete paperwork, check ID for DBS checks, and ensure they have the correct paperwork and understand the process for requesting a full adult medical with their GP.
5. Supporting social workers within the service to complete the full Form C (Coram BAAF) assessment, which may include completing one-to-one sessions with applicants or supporting with other documentation (i.e., health & safety checklist, safer care agreement, chronologies, etc.).
You will also have strong administration and IT skills, as your time will be split between office-based tasks and work in the community, visiting families. Key effective communication and positive relationship skills are essential, as well as clear, concise record keeping in a timely, accurate manner, applying your time management and organizational skills. The ability to work effectively with colleagues and other agencies, solve problems, negotiate, and make decisions are also necessary to support the social work team.
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