Remedy Recruitment Group are currently seeking an Experienced Social Worker for Long Term Safeguarding.

You will need to be:

• SWE registered
• Eligible to work in the UK

Job Description:

Casework

• Manage anallocatedcaseload appropriate totheextensive experience ofthe Experienced Social Worker,to include complex assessments of children,families and parenting and other work tomeet statutory requirements.
• Work within Swindon Borough Council's policies,procedures andgoodpractice guidelinesin orderto meet the needs ofthe children and families allocated.
• Work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, engender change enabling them to clarify and express their needs, and contribute to serviceplanning.
• Maintain up to date case notes and otherrecords, utilising relevantIT systems, and write reports, including courtreports, and give expert evidence in court.
• Undertake specialist assessments,for your and other workers'cases,for court proceedings, including parenting and kinship assessments.
• Ensure that casework is up todate, comprehensively written up, andmanaged within agreed timescales.
• Ensure your manageris kept fully appraised of problems arising fromcases orwork load and to seek advice as and when necessary.
• When working with families,to recognise monitor and assessrisk.
• To ensure information aboutriskis escalated tomanagersin a timelymanner.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with service users and other professionals.
• Model good practice helping to set the expectations for others.
• Where appropriate act as the duty worker for the team responding toqueries and issues

Learning and development

• Keepup to date with contemporary issuesin children'ssocial work including legislation and evidencebased practice and use thisto informworking practice.
• Use supervision to reflect on cases, and putlearning into practice
• Identify ownindividual learning needsin line with the requirements of the PCF for an experienced and advancedsocialworkpractitionerandattendrelevanttrainingand developmentopportunities. Lead professional
• Liaise with colleaguesin own and other directorates andexternal agenciesto gatherinformation to inform assessmentandcareplanningactivities,jointlyplananddeliverinterventions.
• Participatein complex planning andreviewing of cases of childrenin care, child protectionand support fostering/adoptionarrangements.
• Provide constructive challenge to enhance practice,procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working
• Lead and monitor multi-agency actions and objectives.
• Provide leadership and professional wisdom to colleagues and other professionals for working situations of high complexity
• Act as a placement supervisor to students or mentor to NQSW in their ASYE year and act as a mentor to other staff.
• Model and facilitate reflective and evidence-informed practice,contributing to the development of knowledge and promotion of excellence in the field
• Carry out any other duties,commensurate with the post,as may be required for the efficient running of the service

Why Choose Remedy?

• Competitive pay rates
• Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies
• 1st tier agency
• Up to £250 for each social work professional you refer to us who we place*

If you are interested and would like to find out more please apply to this advert with a copy of your updated CV. Alternatively, please send your CV directly