Our Client Croydon Council, is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Child in Need and Child Protection Service.
Job Purpose
To undertake a range of statutory duties in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and in relation to children and their families who are in need/ in need of protection, and other child care services.
Manage a Children and Families caseload of various levels of complexity, including assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of appropriate action and to ensure that resources are utilised effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and their families. For looked after children, a key outcome will be the achievement of permanence
Key Deliverables:
- Manage a Children and Families caseload, to include complex and diverse cases involving assessments, reviews, interventions and preparation of reports to effectively meet the needs of the child.
- To ensure and evidence that children, parents and family members are partners in assessment, planning and the delivery of help and services and this directly impacts on outcomes.
- Promote a practice philosophy which seeks to empower service users, build on indivudal strengths, and develop strategies which support them to understand, manage and respond to risk and to ensure assessments and plans reflect this.
- To ensure that partner professionals and agencies are fully engaged and coordinated in assessment, planning and the delivery of help and services.
- To contribute to the delivery of the Service's engagement strategy and, depending on level, have responsibility for a particular relationship.
- To build up a comprehensive knowledge of all available services and make full use of them through evidence-based matching.
- To maintain records that evidence our engagement with children and families, informs the quality assurance framework e.g. quantitative, qualitative and outcome information for the children and families; the views and experiences of children and families.
- To contribute to quality assurance exercises and activity as part of the service's quality assurance framework.
- To adapt personal practice in response to the findings from the quality assurance framework.
- To maintain up-to-date knowledge of research findings, legislation, statutory guidance and policy developments relevant to the service area.
- To apply the research evidence, legislation, guidance etc. in practice: in assessments, professional judgments, care plans, direct work with children and families and matching of child / family needs and services.
Benefits of working with Remedy
- A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
- Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
- Competitive Referral scheme
- Double payrolls each week.
Terms & Conditions apply
You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.
To be considered for this role, please apply with your CV to on the social care team.
Remedy Social Care is a REC Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit