Children’s Senior Social Worker | Court | Wakefield | £35

Children’s Senior Social Worker
Team: Court
Location: Wakefield
Rate: £35

This role is for a Court Team.

The team is responsible for managing cases whereby children are subject to care proceedings.

Experience of court work is essential.

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

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