Children Social Worker

Job title:

Children Social Worker

Company

Randstad

Job description

We have an exciting and unique permanent opportunity for experienced Children Social Workers to join a great team in Jersey. This is a great opportunity to join an expanding service and make a great career for yourself. You will be responsible for providing a comprehensive social work assessment and protection service to children, young people, their families and carers, who are in need of care and protection. This will include Children in Need, Children Looked After, care leavers and those in need of safeguarding. To deliver the day to day operation of social work services, and accessing and facilitating resources to manage risk and meet identified needs.

Fantastic pay opportunity of up to £55,200 depending on experience. There is also a relocation payment if applicable.

Responsibilities for Social Worker:

• Plan, organise and be accountable for prompt referral, case co-ordination and implementation of care and protection plans on a day-to-day basis, working with children/young people and their families and carers in one or more social work specialist areas to deliver social services to a range of individuals. These include children/young people who are looked after, with complex needs, care leavers, those children/young people and families requiring post adoptive services, individuals affected by domestic violence, substance misuse, mental health and adverse childhood experiences.
• Holistically assess individual needs and develop and design care and intervention plans

that treat each person as a unique individual, in order to protect, promote and monitor the safety and welfare of children/young people their families and carers. To promote the voice of the child and upholding and promoting their rights under the United Nations

Convention of the Rights of the Child.

• Deliver appropriate, open, accurate and straightforward communication to children/young people, their families and carers, clearly explaining service policies and the professional role and responsibilities of the social work team including any statutory intervention which may prove necessary, in order to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of children/young people, their families and carers.
• Challenge and report dangerous, abusive, discriminatory or exploitative behaviour or practice, including potential criminal offences, in order to ensure the wellbeing of children/young people, their families and carers is safeguarded at all times. To work within a line management structure and take responsibility for escalation to line managers when this is required.
• Follow risk assessment policies and procedures, and access specialist professional advice and guidance as necessary, to ensure that potential and actual risk is identified and managed, particularly in relation to those clients who are assessed as being the most vulnerable to risk of harm by self or others.
• Maintain the highest standards of personal and professional conduct. Adhering to relevant codes of conduct, policies, procedures and legislation and take responsibility for

maintaining and improving personal knowledge and skills.

• Create and maintain clear and accurate records to ensure that all relevant information is

held as required by established procedures and best practice and in line with data

protection, confidentiality, disclosure and consent policies. To always bear in mind that

records and documents may be disclosable for the purpose of Serious Case Reviews,

external inquiry and inspection.

Requirements to be considered:

• Degree in Social Work plus experience in a relevant field.
• Relevant Social Work registration.
• Knowledge of theory and practice of care assessment, planning and detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and its application.
• Supervisory skills, as may supervise students, trainees, support staff and volunteers.
• Analytic, planning and communication skills.

If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Jacob on 0330 024 8775 otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:07:01 GMT

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