Social Worker
| Posting date: | 01 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £46,254.00 to £48,763.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46254.00 - £48763.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | Devizes, SN10 2ET |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0041-2-484 |
Summary
Specific duties and responsibilities include: To be the primary worker with case responsibility for children in need, children in need of protection and children looked after - depending upon the function of the dedicated team. To operate within the council policy and keep up to date with social work methods, practice developments, new legislation and procedures, including the Childrens Act 2004. To be responsible for the day to day interpretation of and implementation of statutory duties and departmental policy and procedures in the provision of services to children and young people. To be allocated work from the team manager or any person delegated to act on their behalf based on eligibility criteria and to hold case management responsibility for this work. To complete enquiries and assess, the needs of and risks to vulnerable children and young people in a timely manner giving due consideration to the wishes and views of the child and the childs family. This will include the completion of S47 enquiries, single assessments and engaging service users and other relevant persons in the work base, homes or any other appropriate venue e.g. hospital, school etc. To take appropriate action to assess and minimise any identified concern or risk to children/young people in accordance with the requirements and timescales of assessment frameworks, child protection procedures and looked after children legislation and procedures. To draw up and implement, with the child/young person and their family/carers, an appropriate plan to address identified issues and to maximise the participation of service users and carers in this process ensuring that social work intervention is ongoing only when necessary in peoples lives. To carry out regular reviews of individual plans, record outcomes and formulate revised plans which are outcome focused. To convene meetings e.g. core groups to assist in the implementation and review of plans for vulnerable children. To write reports for child protection conferences, planning meetings, looked after children reviews, legal meetings and court hearings and attend these as appropriate. For more information refer to the role description.