Qualified Social Worker | Assessment & Intervention (Children) | Basildon

Qualified Social Worker | Assessment & Intervention Team (Children) | Basildon
 
We require an experienced Social Worker to work within an Assessment & Intervention Team based within Basildon, Essex. To be successful for this role, you are required to have a minimum of 2 years recent Social Worker experience of working within an Assessment & Interventions Team.

Contract – Salary range is £207 per day - Full-Time hours per week

Managing a defined caseload, the Social Worker is responsible for working effectively with children, young people & families/carers to achieve positive change and improved outcomes. This includes enquiry, assessment, purposeful intervention through direct work and review in relation to Child Protection, Child in Need and Children Looked After, achieving permanency through care for Children in Care
 

• Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance
• Assess family functioning, providing help and support, when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or well-being of children at risk of abuse or neglect
• Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them
• Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention
• Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, for example, working with people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or diminished capacity
• Carry out age and human rights assessments as appropriate Skills, Knowledge and Experience • Diploma or Degree in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent 
• Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as Registered Social Worker
• Demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards eg Professional Capability Framework (PCF), Knowledge & Skills Statement (KSS)
• Case recording
• Demonstrate ability in the application of SW knowledge, using emotional intelligence, analytical skills and act with confidence in challenging social and family situations.
• A good working knowledge and ability to use information technology and related systems e.g., Word, SW case recording systems The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

To apply for this role you must have:

• 2 Years Post Qualifying Social Work Experience
• Children’s Social Work Qualified
• Be HCPC Registered
• A relevant Social Work qualification (BA/MA Social Work/DipSW or equivalent)
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Must have Experience in Section 47

4Recruitment Services is a specialist recruitment agency for Qualified Social Workers and HealthCare Professionals.

We offer:

• An excellent referral scheme of £250 for each successfully placed referral
• HCPC certified complimentary training
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy or other Social Work vacancies in your area please contact Max Catherall on 0208 514 9176.