Specific duties and responsibilities include To manage a complex caseload within the family Placement Team including foster carers, Supported Lodgings carers, Short break care and Connected Persons, taking responsibility for specific aspects of supporting the team and colleagues. To participate in the fostering service duty system in order to manage placement requests and to match children requiring foster placement to suitable carers. To work alongside colleagues to deliver effective assessment of and support and training to foster carers in order to increase capacity, quality and stability of foster placements and develop and retain foster carers. To be Primary worker with case responsibility for Children in Need, Children Looked after and when appropriate Children in need of Protection depending on the function of the dedicated team. To operate within the Council policy and regularly updates themselves with social work methods, practice developments, new legislation and procedures. To be responsible for the day to day interpretation of and implementation of statutory duties and departmental policy and procedures in the provision of services to children and young people. To be allocated work from the Team Manager or any person delegated to act on their behalf based on the implementation of eligibility criteria and to hold case management responsibility for this work. To investigate and assess, the needs of and risks to vulnerable children and young people in a timely manner giving due consideration to the wishes and opinions of the child and the childs family. This will include the completion of S47 investigations, Single Assessments and interviewing service users and other relevant persons in the office, their homes or any other suitable venue e.g. hospital, school etc. To take appropriate action to minimise any identified concern or risk to children/young people in accordance with the requirements and timescales of the Assessment Framework, Child Protection procedures and Looked after Children legislation and procedures. To draw up and implement, with the child/young person and their family/carers, an appropriate action plan to address identified issues and to maximise the participation of service users and carers in this process ensuring that social work intervention is only ongoing when necessary in peoples lives. To carry out regular reviews of individual plans, record outcomes and formulate revised plans based on those reviews which are outcome focused. To convene meetings e.g. Core groups to assist in the implementation and review of plans for vulnerable children To write reports for Child Protection Conferences, Planning Meetings, Looked after Children reviews, Legal meetings and Court Hearings and attend these as appropriate within the dedicated teams function. To have a creative approach to meeting need and to ensure local provision, wherever possible, in order to meet identified need within available resources. To have a clear understanding of and ability to manage within financial constraints in service delivery. To work proactively and in partnership with other agencies to plan and deliver coordinated services to children, young people and their families/carers which promotes and focuses on positive outcomesTo maintain accurate and effective electronic recording of information and action taken in the course of their casework. To understand the need for and contribute to the achievement of team and departmental performance targets in order to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people To maintain confidentiality of information acquired in the course of undertaking duties for the department whilst operating in the fullest cooperation with other agencies to ensure that children are appropriately safeguarded. To contribute to team processes in a positive and appropriate manner, by attending team meetings and undertaking any necessary and appropriate team duties. To make an active contribution to the development of service delivery through the sharing of knowledge, information and skills. To take responsibility for own professional development through the utilisation of relevant practice research/developments, legislation, participative supervision and appraisal processes. To undertake further training which is consistent with the individual and the organisation, as negotiated with the manager. To work within an equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory framework. Value diversity within the team and in contact with other professionals, children, young people and families