Children's Social Worker Court Team
* £41 hourly rate
Wrexham County Borough Council are currently looking for a Children's Social Worker to join their Court Team.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
* Manage an allocated caseload of up to 6 sets of Care Proceedings, which includes routine social work interventions/statutory work, holding care planning meetings and PEP meetings, completing reviews, direct work with young people, sourcing advocacy for young people, and escalating complex cases that require a higher level of professional input.
* Excellent time management to adhere to Court timetables, running multiple assessments simultaneously, referring families and young people to relevant services during proceedings, and engaging multi-agency teams to ensure the care plan and permanence plan meet the child's needs now and in the future.
* Take on increasing levels of complexity, responsibility, and independent decision-making while working as part of a team providing support to children at risk, their families, and carers.
* Work with young people, foster carers, and their families to identify and assess risks and identify support that minimizes risk, guided by management supervision.
* Undertake assessments, develop and design care plans and other appropriate plans (e.g., Education plans), and recommend any identified need for external support/provision from appropriate providers while working within budgets and in partnership with all services to ensure the best use of resources.
* Adapt and apply Social Worker techniques to meet the needs of individuals/people, their families, and carers requiring support, promoting positive outcomes through professional support, advice, and decisions based on assessments of need.
* Ensure practice and subsequent decisions safeguard the welfare of children and make decisions in the best interest of the child.
* Post holders allocated to a Team that operates a duty system will be required to undertake duty on a rota basis, responding immediately and effectively to cases that arise, understanding the recording system to identify the case and involved professionals, and planning around immediate crisis responses to ensure a proportionate response while managing potential risks.
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