Social Worker

Opus people solutions on behalf of Peterborough City Council have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join their Childrens Assessment team.

Job Title: Social Worker - Assessment Team
Length of assignment:3 Months
Hours per week: 37
Hourly rate: 42
Location: Sand Martina House
Remote/Office based: Hybrid, to be in the office every day when on Duty (once every 3 weeks)

• Work in partnership with children, young people and families/carers and, through building effective relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making.
• Undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy, and procedures for the service and in the context of assessing risk to children and young people.
• Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people and families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service.
• Manage a workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties.
• Make pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development and to meet the objectives of Performance Development Reviews.
• Maintain accurate, up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council's policies and procedures.
• Produce succinct, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements.
• Pro-actively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people and families/carers in order to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people.
• Carry out all duties in accordance with the Council's Equal Opportunities Policy and other policies designed to protect employees and service users from harassment.
• Respond to such practice or behaviour by challenging or reporting it.

If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Social worker experience and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.