Childrens Enhanced Social Worker

Job Role s:

To manage an allocated caseload of up to 6 sets of Care Proceedings, which includes routine social work interventions/statutory work, hold care planning meetings and PEP meetings, completing reviews, direct work with young people, being or sourcing advocacy for young people we work with as well as escalating those that are more complex and require a higher level of professional input.

Excellent time management enabling Court timetables to be adhered to, running multiple assessments at the same, referring families and young people to relevant services during proceedings, engaging multi agency teams to ensure the care plan and permanence plan meets the childs needs now and in the future.

Social Workers will be able to take on increasing levels of complexity, responsibility and independent decision making in their area of work. This includes working as part of a team providing support to a children who are at risk, their families and carers.

Working with young people, foster carers and their families to identify and assess risks and identify support that minimizes risk, guided on practice through management supervision.

To undertake assessments, develop and design care plans and other appropriate plans e.g. Education plans, and recommend, when required, any identified need for external support/ provision from appropriate providers, working within budgets, and working in partnership with all services to ensure best use of resources and ensure necessary approvals are gained, when required.

To adapt and apply Social Worker techniques to ensure approach meets the needs of the individuals/ people , their families and carers in need of support and work in partnership with others. To promote positive outcomes by taking appropriate action in the provision of professional support, advice and decisions to ensure that all individuals referred have a plan based on an assessment of need and that such plans are evidence based, recorded, reviewed and modified as appropriate.

To 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 which operates a duty system, will be required to undertake duty on a rota basis, respond immediately and effectively to cases that arise, understanding the recording system to identify the case and those who may/may not be involved including other professionals, undertaking assessments and planning around immediate crisis responses to ensure proportionate response to the situation, whilst recognizing and managing potential risks.