Qualified Social Worker - Intervention And Planning (Childrens)

We are looking to recruit a Qualified Social Worker - Children's Intervention and Planning Team within the Social Care industry in Barnet.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide high quality social work as part of a multi-professional team, acting, as required, as the lead professional for families caring for adolescents presenting with a range of needs including being victims/perpetrators of child sexual exploitation, young people affected or involved in serious youth violence and group offending, missing from home.
• Build the resilience of children, young people and their families by using evidenced based approaches to achieve sustained change.
• Use the direction, support and guidance of your line manager and the multiprofessional team to effectively manage the range of complexities of risk and ambiguity families present with.
• Establish rapport, build respectful relationships with children, young people, their families, obtaining and recording their views accurately
• Mobilise existing and potential support networks for children, young people and their families through effective and regular engagement and communication, working collaboratively and including their views and contributions to assessments and plans made for children, young people
• and their families
• Undertake assessments of children, young people's circumstances, using observation and information gathered from a range of sources to provide evidence and analysis of children's needs leading to recommended levels of Intervention and of service provision.
• Work with children, young people and their families in a range of settings, including their homes to undertake assessments and interventions aimed at building their resilience and improving outcomes.
• Take responsibility for making decisions about the tasks that need to be completed with families and at all times working in the families best interests and considering the impact of your involvement on children, young people and their families
• Use flexibility and creativity to engage adolescents and develop relationships of trust, bringing to the attention of your line manager any concerns relating to the quality of parenting or the safety and well-being of children and young people within their home, school or community environments.
• Effectively plan for change, involving relevant professionals and family members by clear on what needs to change, how the individual or family will be supported to achieve the change and how and when the plan will be monitored and reviewed, including the provision of regular feedback to families on progress towards agreed plans as they form and develop.
• Routinely use measurement tools with families to track and monitor the impact of interventions and the progress children, young people and parents are making towards agreed change.
• Prepare clear and concise informative written reports based on complex evidence in relation to your work with children, young people and their families as required and to agreed standards and timescales.
• Attend and participate in Child Protection Conferences and Looked After Children Reviews, and where appropriate, organise and chair multi-agency meetings promoting at all times the best outcomes for children.
• Adequately prepare for and represent the Council during court proceedings in order to recommend and seek legal interventions that are in the best interests of the children or young people.
• Pro-actively acquire knowledge to share with families about local resources, facilities and other sources of support available to children, young people and their families as appropriate, and support individuals to develop links with those services including voluntary services, Children Centres, Youth
• Services, adult and community based services.
• Be reliable and work flexibly (including early mornings, evenings and occasional weekends) to meet children, young people and their families needs.

Experience preferred:

Post qualifying experience of working within a statutory Children's Safeguarding Social Work team within the UK.

The team:

• Well-structured organised team, growing their Social Worker staffing levels.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience of working with children and families in any setting
• Working with high risk/high vulnerability adolescents
• Experience of statutory work including Child Protection work

• Essential Training on:
• Children Act
• Child Protection Work
• Direct Work with Children
• Assessment skills
• Integrated Children's System

• Completion of ASYE accreditation. (Assessed and Supported Year in
• Employment)
• Must have knowledge and experience as set out in the Level Two/Three Skills and Competency Framework for Social Workers and be able to meet the standards set out in the Children Knowledge and Skills Statements

Benefits of working with Ackerman Pierce:

• Your own personal consultant
• Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
• DBS and Compliance Service
• Quick and Easy Registration Process
• Access to CPD

Benefits:

• Free Parking
• Choice to opt in or out of Pension Scheme adding 17% to your annual salary
• Systemic Training
• Hybrid working

To discuss this Qualified Social Worker - Children's Intervention and Planning Team role, or any similar vacancies we currently have available in Barnet please contact Phil Puaca or email in your updated CV to us today.