Social Worker – Safeguarding
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £29.23 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1ED |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | NCT (HQ) TCL NCT16946 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Social Worker – Safeguarding
Reference no: NCT (HQ) TCL NCT16946
Pay Rate: £29.23 per hour PAYE
37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: NORTHAMPTON
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
Deliver and provide social work services, at a level appropriate for a professionally qualified post, to young people and families to ensure the welfare of children and young people is safeguarded and they are protected in accordance with the legal and statutory obligations of the County Council.
Key Responsibilities:
Carry out Initial, Core and other specialised assessments as per national guidelines and within prescribed timescales in order to formulate support plans for service users and coordinate their implementation or refer the case to the appropriate service area for support to child/family.
Manage cases varying in complexity, organise packages of support to service users, assess levels of risk to their health and wellbeing and, in conjunction with them and their families /carers, monitor and review their situations so that support can be adjusted as appropriate to their needs.
Work directly with family members providing advice and guidance. Work to empower service users, promote their participation in planning and evaluation of services to increase their levels of self-sufficiency, competence and to facilitate independence from social service assistance.
Liaise with and take a professional lead in involving appropriate staff and agencies and cases and arrange for contact as necessary to meet the needs of service users and within the remit of the County Council. Take initiative in establishing resource, for instance, group work programmes and specialist counselling to meet the needs of service users.
Attend and participate in multidisciplinary teams and meetings, planning reviews with colleagues and relevant professional staff to assist and analyse the needs of service users and to plan care programmes in accordance with those needs.
Ensure all information and reports relevant to work carried out is recorded, updated and completed in an efficient and timely manner and according to Directorate/legislative policies and procedures so that decisions made and acted upon are fully evidenced and provide sufficiently for audit, court or any other legitimate purpose.
Give written/verbal evidence in court/adoption/fostering panels when required to do so, carry out all necessary planning and assessments related to proceedings in conjunction with relevant professionals, and provide and deliver evidence to support decisions and recommendations made by social services to safeguard children at risk.
Implement actions agreed by the courts to ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users within the specified timeframe. This could be instant removal of children from their home and placement in an appropriate care or foster home or less immediate actions to secure their wellbeing and to link with colleagues in other agencies to enable successful partnership working within a climate of mutual respect
Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.
Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
Recognised Social Work Qualification (e.g.DipSW).
Registered with General Social CareCouncil
Knowledge:
Demonstrate knowledge ofcurrent legislation relating to role such as the ChildrenAct, Human Rights, Healthand Safety, Every ChildMatters, Care Matters, thePublic Law Outline etc.
Knowledge and experience of child protection policies andprocedures demonstrated though significant practice experience.
Knowledge and understanding of using appropriate assessment tools and research.
Experience:
Significant pre-qualification children’s social care work experience.
At least three years post qualifying experience if undertaking role within Adoption Services.
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to use word and excel to produce reports carry out correspondence and keep accurate records.
Excellent organisational ability.
The ability to travel effectively to various locations at short notice.
Be able to represent the department effectively in thepublic arena.
Ability to negotiate effectively with other agencies.
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Job Ref: NCT (HQ) TCL NCT16946
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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