Social Worker - Cla

Social Worker - CLA
Islington
30/hr
Start date: ASAP
PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION
Our vision for the service is that children and young people are safe, can overcome difficulties and can form secure relationships through their childhood and into their adulthood.
As a Child and Family Social Worker you will be responsible for working with children in need of help and protection or looked after children and care-leavers, whilst maintaining the focus on safeguarding. You will work directly with the child or young person and their family or carer to build empathic, purposeful relationships that facilitate meaningful and sustainable change, as well as stability in placement and permanency for children.
You will share and exercise the organisational practice ethos which places Motivational Practice and trauma-informed practice at the heart of working with families. You will be ambitious for every child to reach their potential in all aspects of their development including education, health and emotional wellbeing.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
HCPC recognised Social Work qualification and satisfactory enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITY

• Good understanding of relevant legislation, regulation, safeguarding practices and research on what works to improve outcomes for children and families
• Demonstrate skills aligned with the Motivational Practice framework (role
• play interview).
• Relationship and effective direct work
• Demonstrate evidence of building purposeful relationships balancing
• empathy and authority. You will show experience of direct work, working with the impact of trauma and ensuring safeguarding is always prioritised.
• Communication (oral)
• Demonstrate evidence of communicating and listening with children and families/carers taking into account diversity and the need to tailor communication style to engage and motivate people to participate in
• support services.
• Communication (written)
• Produce written cases notes and reports that are well argued, focused and jargon free with sound analysis and rationale for actions.
• Child Development
• Demonstrate ability to engage children in their environment, understand the world in which they live and the quality of their key relationships; to recognise signs that the child may not be meeting developmental milestones, has been harmed or is at risk of
• harm; to utilise research and evidenced-based approaches to actively inform casework.
• Adult mental ill health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, physical ill health and disability
• Demonstrate the ability to act upon (e.g. consultation and referral to other services) adult mental ill health, substance misuse, domestic abuse,
• physical ill health and disability in order to mitigate risk to children and improve individual and family functioning.