Social Worker Borough Council - Children Assessment Team

Social Worker - Wokingham Borough Council - Children Assessment Team

Wokingham District Council

Job Title: Social Worker – Children Assessment Team
Location: Wokingham
Rate: £36 per hour

An exciting job role has recently become available at the Wokingham District Council. They are looking for a new member for their Children Assessment Team. The ideal candidate for this role will be dynamic and flexible with great inter-personal skills, excellent recording skills, and a sound knowledge of children’s legislation and thresholds – as well as the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and be able to multi-task.

To ensure continuity of cases held with our locums, we always look for candidates with staying power and will seek this out in the employment history noted within all applications.

Your main responsibilities as a Social Worker:

• Collaborate within a supportive team alongside the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), planning, monitoring, and evaluating work.
• Adhere to Social Work England's standards, professional values, and code of conduct, prioritizing the autonomy and choice of adults, carers, and families.
• Conduct needs-led assessments, complex care planning, and reviews, and initiate multi-disciplinary assessments as required.
• Provide social work support to individuals and their families, involving them in decision-making, and offering guidance and referrals as necessary to enhance social resilience and prevent hospital admissions.
• Practice according to the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) and uphold professional standards, demonstrating a commitment to ongoing development.

• You will benefit from regular supervision as we offer day 25 case supervision on every case, and separate follow-up for personal supervision.
• Hybrid working available
• Diverse caseload
• Supportive team

Qualifications and Experiences:

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK licence
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

How to apply? If this is a job for you, feel free to click apply below or if you want to learn more about it, please contact .

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
* Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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