Children’s Social Worker

What's involved with this role:
Interim Children’s Social Worker
Reference no: Middlesbrough 1000499014879271
Pay rate: £157.41 per day PAYE
Hours per week: 35-37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: MIDDLESBROUGH
Enhanced DBS required for this role
A Children’s Social Worker is required to coordinate and provide a service to children who are subject to child in need plans, child protection plans, pre-proceedings or court proceedings.
Key responsibilities:
Make timely and appropriate responses to and manage assigned work in accordance with Directorate policies and procedures, budgets and relevant legislation.
Share information and develop effective working relationships with team members, professionals in other agencies and other colleagues in the Directorate.
Promote integrated working, ensuring a need led response that improves the outcomes for children and their families.
Undertake assessments in line with the “Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families”.
Establish and implement action plans based on the assessed needs of the children, young people and their families, the child/young person in conjunction with their family and other agencies using Signs of Safety.
Promote partnership and participation with children and their families.
Carry out regular reviews of individual plans, record outcomes and formulate plans based on those reviews.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Degree in Social Work or equivalent Social Work qualification, e.g. Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work (PGDipSW), Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW), Diploma in Social Work (DipSW), Certificate in Social Services (CSS).
Social Work England registered.
Full UK driving licence and vehicle with business insurance.
Experience:
A minimum of 1 year post qualifying experience of direct work with children and their families, including children in need of support and child protection.
Substantial post qualifying experience of working in a safeguarding or statutory Social Work context.
Experience in developing care plans and implementing care packages.
Experience of working effectively with professionals from a diverse range of organisations and of using policies and procedures in Social Work practice.
Knowledge:
Knowledge of a range of social work theories relevant to the role.
Knowledge of the main social care services and resources provided by the statutory, voluntary and independent sector.
Knowledge to use the law, regulatory and statutory guidance to inform practice decisions.
Understanding of multi-agency systems, agreements and protocols.
Recognise harm and risk indicators of different forms of harm to children.
Skills & Abilities:
Effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Able to effectively plan and prioritise workload.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Ability to work in a complex and rapidly changing environment.
Ability to handle difficult situations sensitively.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Full Driving licence, access to a vehicle or access to means of mobility support.
SC
1
Job Ref: Middlesbrough 1000499014879271
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.