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Childrens Enhanced Social Worker, Wrexham
Client:
5 Star Recruitment
Location:
Wrexham, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
5
Posted:
20.03.2025
Expiry Date:
04.05.2025
Job Description:
Job Roles:
1. To 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.
2. Excellent time management enabling adherence 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.
3. To take on increasing levels of complexity, responsibility, and independent decision-making in the area of work, providing support to children at risk, their families, and carers.
4. To work with young people, foster carers, and their families to identify and assess risks while identifying support that minimizes risk, guided by management supervision.
5. To 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, working within budgets and in partnership with all services to ensure the best use of resources and necessary approvals are gained.
6. To adapt and apply Social Worker techniques to ensure approaches meet the needs of individuals, their families, and carers, promoting positive outcomes through professional support, advice, and decisions based on evidence.
7. To ensure practice safeguards the welfare of children and makes decisions in the best interest of the child.
8. To undertake duty on a rota basis if allocated to a Team operating a duty system, responding immediately and effectively to cases that arise, understanding the recording system to identify the case and those involved, undertaking assessments, and planning around immediate crisis responses to ensure a proportionate response to situations while managing potential risks.
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