Social Worker (Children)

Social Worker (Children)
Castleford
30/hr
Start date: ASAP

AKTON Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Social Worker in the Castleford area.

Overall Purpose of the Post:

• To provide a high quality and comprehensive social work service to children and young people, their families and carers in line with the policies and procedures of the Children and Young People's Directorate and within regulatory and statutory guidelines, the Knowledge and Skills Statement for Child and Family Work and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Code of Practice.
• To contribute to a wide range of statutory social work activities and carry out professional social work tasks in accordance with recognised social work procedures, Signs of Safety, evidence based practice and professional social work ethics.
• This is an experienced social worker role with specific responsibilities for managing a caseload of higher levels of complexity. This will include assessment of needs and the management of risk regarding children, young people, their families and carers.
• Senior social workers will be expected to maintain and update case notes and other records, write reports as required and give evidence in court in relation to care or other proceedings.
• They will be expected to provide casework advice, support and guidance to other team members and contribute to the planning and developing of future services and policies, whilst promoting innovative ways of developing support to service users. The role will include the supervising of students and the development of the practice learning setting, including providing support and guidance to newly qualified social workers within the team as required.

Qualifications/ Training

• Appropriate social work professional qualification ( BA or MA in Social Work, Dip in Social Work, or equivalent recognised by the Central Council for Education & Training in Social Work)
• Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Significant post qualifying experience and continuous professional development
• Extensive experience acting as workplace supervisor supporting newly qualified social workers and/or social work students
• Substantial evidence of maintaining and developing skill and knowledge base in professional field through post qualifying training or other opportunities
• Willingness and ability to obtain and/or enhance qualifications and training for development in this role

Experience

• Significant experience of working together with others across voluntary and statutory agencies, providing a social work service to children, young people and their families and carers, gained in statutory settings at a practitioner level, undertaking a full range of statutory social work tasks
• Substantial experience of direct work with children, young people and families
• Significant experience of implementing a child focused approach using the Signs of Safety model
• Substantial experience of advocacy and user involvement
• Proven ability to negotiate, challenge and manage conflict
• A broad range of experience of working as a workplace supervisor supporting student social workers and/or newly qualified social workers
• Substantial experience of work in the court arena with appropriate support to obtain and implement court orders