Team Manager

Social Worker | Children's Services

Location:Surrey
Service Area:Children & Families
Role Type:Social Care Qualified

Location
:
Surrey

Surrey is committed to working
alongside families
, respecting their rights and strengths and working in partnership to identify needs and achieve positive change. Social Workers are supported to develop strong
motivational practice
, helping parents identify changes they want to make and supporting families to achieve sustainable outcomes.

You will manage a caseload of children, families and carers, undertaking assessments, safeguarding work and care planning while keeping children safely within their families wherever possible.

• Triage contacts and determine whether they meet the threshold for statutory social work assessment.

• Undertake assessments of children's and families' needs, strengths and risks.

• Develop SMART plans with children, young people and families.

• Work with partner agencies through
  Child in Need and Core Group meetings
  .

• Undertake
  Child Protection investigations
  following multi-agency strategy discussions.

• Develop plans to reduce risk and protect children from significant harm.

• Where necessary, contribute to
  S20 arrangements and legal proceedings
  .

• Support effective care planning where children cannot safely remain within their families.

• Work with fostering, adoption and commissioning colleagues to identify appropriate placements.

• Promote stable placements, sibling relationships and positive outcomes for children.

• Maintain accurate, timely and analytical case records.

• Demonstrate confident professional judgement around
  risk and decision-making
  .

• Provide information, advice and guidance and signpost families to appropriate services.

• Identify and respond appropriately to
  safeguarding concerns
  .

• Share professional knowledge and expertise with colleagues.

• Where appropriately trained, provide reflective supervision to non-professionally qualified staff.

• Work inclusively and promote equality of opportunity.

• Qualified Social Worker with relevant children's social care experience.

• Strong understanding of
  safeguarding, assessment and risk management
  .

• Experience working with children, families and partner agencies.

• Ability to undertake proportionate assessments and develop effective plans.

• Confident professional judgement and decision-making skills.

• Strong recording, analysis and case management skills.

• Commitment to partnership working and
  strengths-based, motivational practice
  .

• Commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and the welfare of children.