Provide an assessment of the needs of family members, their strengths and any risks to children's health/development or significant harm to the child/ren and develop SMART plans that will meet the needs of family members and reduce risks to children, in conjunction with children and their families; -to work with partners to meet those needs and monitor progress via child in need and core group meetings involving families, young people and relevant professionals.
To conduct child protection investigations where a multi-agency strategy discussion considers there are grounds to believe the child has or is likely to suffer significant harm and to involve families in developing plans for change which will reduce the risk of significant harm and keep children in their families wherever possible.
Where children cannot be adequately cared for within their families or their families cannot be engaged to access services that would support them to change and the significant harm threshold is reached, to initiate discussions to seek agreement for s20 or initiate planned or emergency legal proceedings to ensure children are protected in line with departmental policy, procedures and relevant legislation.
This is a full time posts on the Adult Social Care Financial Assessment Team.
The role includes carrying out adult social care financial assessments to ascertain how much someone can contribute towards their care, gather financial details and expenditure, dealing with queries in writing and over the 'phone, liaising with several departments within the Local Authority and external agencies.
Advising the service user what benefits they maybe entitled to and if a deferred payment arrangement applies.
Short Term Assessment Social Worker-£35ph - Flexible working
NonStop Care are working with a well established local authority in the West Yorkshire area who are looking for an experienced Social Worker to join their Assessment team.
The ideal candidate will have experience in carrying out assessments & strive towards the highest level of diligence towards their service users.
They are a social care team not a community mental health team.
We carry out care and support functions under the Care Act 2024.
My client in North West London requires an experienced social worker to support with statutory care and support planning undertaken by the team to meet high referrals volume.
Assessment Social Worker- Remote when not on duty -£38ph
NonStop Care are working with a well established local authority in the East Midlands for an experienced Social Worker to join their Duty & Assessment service.
The ideal candidate will have experience in carrying out assessments & strive towards the highest level of diligence towards their service users.
Specific areas of work will vary depending on the team but will include: -triage of contacts to the service to ascertain whether contacts from families, members of the community and partner organisations meet the threshold for a statutory social work assessment of significant impairment of a child's health/development or significant harm, with appropriate information from referrers and the consent of the family (except when over-ridden by a team manager to protect a child from further significant harm); -to provide an assessment of the needs of family members, their strengths and any risks to children's health/development or significant harm to the child/ren and develop SMART plans that will meet the needs of family members and reduce risks to children, in conjunction with children and their families; -to work with partners to meet those needs and monitor progress via child in need and core group meetings involving families, young people and relevant professionals.
Our overarching duty is to promote the upbringing of children within their families, where this is compatible with the welfare of the children.Social workers in Surrey will be supported to develop high levels of skill in motivational practice which they will use to help parents identify the aspects of their lives/behaviours that they want to change and provide the help and support to families, on a partnership basis, that they need to support them in their change.
Surrey aims to work alongside families, to respect families and their rights, to work with them in partnership and with their informed consent, to recognise their strengths and help them identify their needs.
We have a fantastic Locum Social Work Opportunity based within a Duty and Assessment Team in the Harpurhey, Greater Manchester area.
You will be working alongside a team of dedicated professionals who are committed to providing an effective, child-centred service to children in need of support and protection.
Are you a committed Qualified Social Worker
Do you have a passion for providing first-class support to Children's Services?