Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for an experience Children's Social Worker to join the assessment team with Liverpool City Council.
The main purpose of the job is:
To support the Team Manager in the management, development and leadership of the social work team in order to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable children, young people and their families to deliver high quality services that address need and lead to improved outcomes, whilst managing the reputation of the Service and the Council.
The main areas of responsibility are:
- To ensure the Council meets its statutory obligations to safeguard children, complying with legislation, policy and procedures and relevant frameworks.
- Work within safeguarding frameworks to investigate and manage risk where children and young people have experienced or are likely to experience significant harm.
- Ensure that all information is gathered to inform risk assessments and critically analysed to inform the plan.
- Ensure that own/others casework decision making is robust by providing challenge and critical refection with detailed analysis informing professional judgements.
- Hold and effectively manage a complex and varied caseload with appropriate supervision, guidance and support, reflecting the function of the team and Children's Social Care in accordance with policy, procedures, guidance and legislation.
The successful candidate must hold the following:
- Social Work degree
- Registered with Social Work England
- Significant post qualification experience in statutory Children's Social Care service
- Experience of working with complex families/complex case management
- Experience of working and reporting within a court environment
- Enhanced DBS
If you are interested please call Ashley Brown on 01772 208964 or email me your CV -
Ashley.Brown@servicecare.org.uk
If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.
The benefits of working with SCS;
* A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact
* Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!
* An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK
* Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.
* Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.
* DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.
