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Children’s Social Worker
Team : Family Safeguarding
Location : Wigan
Pay Rate : £38
Office Use : 000A 320D / 1
2 x times part time social workers 18.5 hours a week – Family Safeguarding
2 x times full time social workers 37 hours a week – Family Safeguarding
Hybrid working flexibility to be discussed at interview
On an ongoing basis you will:
• Provide high-quality social work practice to improve outcomes for children.
• Ensure that practice is underpinned by our Team Wigan behaviours and our practice standards, and that the Family Safeguarding model is embedded in our work with children and families.
• Recognise strengths, vulnerabilities and attitude to change to help keep children, young people and their families healthy, happy and safe.
• Ensure child-focussed assessments clearly bring out the voice of the child and they are reviewed regularly.
• Manage a complex case load, regularly undertaking direct work with children and families bespoke to address identified individual support needs and reduce the risk of harm.
• Build and maintain close working relationships with partners including Early Help and Prevention, education services, police and the NHS.
• Maintain up to date, detailed and accurate records of all cases through Liquid Logic and other recording tools, ensuring these are purposeful and jargon free.
• Attend court as and when necessary.
• Contribute to the overall development of services for children and their families.
• Embrace opportunities to learn, grow and develop your Social Work career.
• Uphold and promote the high standards of the social care profession outlined in Social Work England and maintain your Social Work registration in line with statutory regulations.
• Ensure you operate within GDPR guidelines by regularly reviewing data held and destroying information in line with retention schedules In this job you will need: You must be able to demonstrate the following essential requirements:
• Social Work qualification such as Social Work Degree, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent qualification and current Social Work England registration.
• Experience of working with children and families in need of help and protection, using a strengths-based approach
• Experience of working with a broad spectrum of services within the field of social work with children and families either through social work experience or through training Page 3 of 3
• Resilient nature with the capacity to recover quickly from difficult situations
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation with its implications for the delivery of social work services to children and families
• Highly developed interpersonal and caring skills in order to meet the very demanding needs of children, young people and their families
• Excellent analytical and judgemental skills to analyse and interpret complex information or situations and to solve difficult problems or develop solutions and plans
• Good time management skills with the ability to work to deadlines and re-organise the workload to meet conflicting demands
• Experience of partnership working with education services, NHS, police and Early Help
• Experience of working with IT packages and case management systems such as Liquid Logic
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:
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For more information please contact Carly on 01282 525510 or carlyanne@ashberryrecruitment.com