Job Title: Children's Social Worker 5 years+ PEQ
Location: The Royal Borough of Greenwich
Salary / Pay Rate: £37 P/H (Umbrella)
Job Type: Tempoarary
The Role
We are currently seeking a qualified social worker with at least five years experience.
You will
Provide reliable effective social work help and intervention to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need so that children maintain a reasonable standard of health and development, receive reasonable parenting, and have a sense of permanence. Where a child is disabled take action to minimise the effect of their disabilities so they have the opportunity to lead lives as normal a life as possible.
* Identify consistently in a timely way where children are unable to live at home, take action to secure permanence for them within a timescale that meets their needs. Where children are looked after address their needs in accordance with their care plan or pathway plan, so that they make progress and have every opportunity to fulfil their potential as adults.
* Show consistent effective child centred practice with children at the centre of professional assessment, planning, intervention and review activity, and their views and wishes (appropriate to their age and understanding) are sought and used to understand the child's world and shape the level of intervention and type of help offered.
* Provide effective professional leadership so that professionals work together to meet the needs of children in need, including those with a child protection plan, privately fostered children, and looked after children and care leavers.
* Work with parents / carers to strengthen protective factors and reduce risks to the child's welfare, where seeking to establishing rapport and trust as a basis for parents changing their behaviour so that the child receives safe reasonable parenting, or where parental cooperation is not forthcoming and there is no other way of safeguarding the child, pursue alternative arrangements for the child's upbringing.
* Work with foster carers, special guardians, prospective adopters and other people who are looking after someone else's children, so that children's needs are met and that they are able to live as normal a life as possible, understand their journey to their placement, are making good progress in terms of their health, development and education, and are prepared for their transition to adult life.
The Candidate
Be a registered Social Worker with the Health Care Professions Council, understand organisational context (KSS CFP 10) able to meet the standards of proficiency for social workers, the standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and standards for continuing professional development. * Experience of carrying out a social work role in a multi-cultural community, maintaining appropriate and professional boundaries.
Able to establish a network of internal and external colleagues as source of advice and expertise.
Evidenced commitment to the role of supervision (KSS CFP 9) and continuous professional development, using supervision and other opportunities to reflect on own practice.
Have a record of achieving positive change for children through effective social work practice showing experience of carrying out the social work role with autonomy and less management guidance about procedures and practice standards.
How to apply
Please submit your application via the contact details provided and you will be contacted with further information about this opportunity or email your CV to me directly; spollitt@novaxrecruitment.com or call me on; 0161 669 0664
