Newly Qualified Social Worker
| Posting date: | 10 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £36,124.00 to £37,938.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £36124.00 - £37938.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chippenham, SN15 1ER |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0041-5284 |
Summary
Specific duties and responsibilities include: 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. 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. Develop a good understanding of assessment and the management of risks to vulnerable children and young people. Allocated work from manager or any person delegated to act on their behalf based on eligibility criteria and to hold case management responsibility for this work. Maintain accurate and effective electronic recording of information and action taken in the course of casework. Engaging with service users and other relevant persons in the work base, homes or any other appropriate venue e.g. hospital, school etc to support with assessment. Identify, assess and action concerns 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. 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. Carry out regular reviews of individual plans, record outcomes and formulate revised plans which are outcome focused. Develop creative approaches to meeting need and develop up to date knowledge of local provisions to ensure this is included, wherever possible, in order to meet identified need within available resources. Convene meetings e.g. core groups to assist in the implementation and review of plans for vulnerable children. Write reports for child protection conferences, planning meetings, looked after children reviews, legal meetings and court hearings and attend these as appropriate. Work collaboratively and effectively with support staff, other social work teams, keyworkers etc on achieving positive outcomes for children, young people and their families. Work proactively and in partnership with other agencies to plan and deliver coordinated services to children, young people and their families/carers which promotes and focuses on positive outcomes. Maintain accurate and effective electronic recording of information and action taken in thecourse of casework. Take responsibility for personal professional development through the utilisation of relevant practice research/developments, legislation, participative supervision and appraisal processes. Work within an equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory framework. Value diversity within the team and in contact with other professionals, children, young people and families.