Social Worker, £38ph, CIC, Oxfordshire
Pertemps are recruiting for qualified and experienced Social Workers to join the Children in Care team. The postholder will provide professional social work to a caseload of children, young people, and families, ensuring their views are heard.
Duties:
- To provide an efficient and effective service to children, young people, and their families, ensuring that the needs of the children and their parents/carers are professionally assessed, and that relevant interventions are provided where needed, in a timely way.
- To work with families using the FSP Workbook modules, and a strengths-based approach.
- To prepare and submit written reports as and when required, including child protection conference reports and legal reports for care proceedings.
- To attend conferences, reviews and court as required for each case presenting plans clearly, with professionalism and integrity.
- To ensure the Assistant /Team Manager is kept fully appraised of significant information about allocated families, seeking advice as and when necessary.
- To attend group supervision when required and to ensure that relevant updates are provided before each group supervision session.
- To attend individual supervision when required and engage in continual professional development as recommended by the Assistant/Team Manager
- To ensure that all case management complies with the statutory requirements and the Council's policies and procedures
- To act as the duty worker for the team on a rotational basis, responding to new referrals
- To undertake child and family assessments for allocated families
- To investigate allegations of harm or neglect under s47 Children Act 1989 when required.
Requirements:
- SWE registered
- Post qualifying experience within statutory children's services
- Car driver and able to travel to visit clients and attend meetings over a wide area and at short notice
If this sounds like the role for you, please contact Aishah Hassan on
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This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:
- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
- An easy registration process (all done online)
- Referral schemes and incentives
- Ongoing compliance managed for you
- Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn't the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC Children's Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager