This role will involve:

GENERAL DUTIES

• To provide a service in line with statutory requirements and departmental priorities.

• To participate in training as required in the interests of the service overall and of career development.

• To participate in supervision.

• To participate in team meetings

• To participate in emergency duty rota within specific role.

• To participate in written recording, or using new technology where appropriate.

• Respond to public and other agencies by telephone, correspondence and direct contact in order to provide a service within departmental priorities.

• Liaise with relevant external agencies e.g. police, health authority etc.

• Liaise with relevant colleagues in other Divisions and Council Departments.

• To be responsible for individual client case planning in line with the professional standards of the Department.

• To be active in implementing the Council's equal opportunities policy/in professional practice and service delivery.

• To be responsible for professional decisions within the Department's priorities framework and in relation to specific procedural guideline referring to consultation within Management.

• To undertake service development tasks as appropriate.

• To familiarise themselves with departmental policies and procedures.

SPECIALIST CHILD CARE DUTIES

• To provide a preventative and rehabilitative service in with expectations of the Children's Act and facilitating appropriate resources where necessary to enable children to remain with their own families.

• To assess situations where children are referred as being in need of protection, accommodation or care provision, being particularly mindful of equal opportunities issues.

• To plan quickly and effectively, involving carers as partners in the decisions made in respect of children.

• To aim that children should remain with their own families wherever possible. Where it is legally upheld that natural family circumstances have irretrievably broken down to plan a secure and permanent home future for children, ensuring they have clear information about their own background and contact with natural relatives wherever possible.

• To provide an emergency service for assessment and action where children are referred as being at risk of immediate physical danger.

• To liaise with other sections of the Department and other relevant agencies to ensure that good childcare practice is carried out in line with departmental policy including groups and agencies.

• To participate in relevant training and monitoring consistent standards of work.

CHILD CARE SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER DUTIES

• To facilitate and undertake comprehensive risk assessments of children and families and carry a complex caseload involving multi-disciplinary work. This includes court work, child protection and permanency planning.

• To undertake specific tasks for absent colleagues on cases requiring action under the direction of the team manager/duty manager.

• Chairing meetings, where appropriate, under direction of the team manager/duty manager.

• To undertake student supervision and to be active student practice teachers.

• To be responsible for setting up and facilitating local induction plans for new staff.

• To take responsibility for updating specialist knowledge in a relevant area, developing practice and creating and updating information systems.

• To represent the Department on working groups or liaison meetings involving Health, Housing and other agencies.

• To contribute to local and departmental training on practice issues in line with departmental policies and procedures, in light of research findings and in line with the Divisional Training Strategy.

• To supervise Family Support Workers by agreement with the Team Manager (Senior Social Workers will only be able to supervise Family Support Workers after supervising at least 2 student placements).

• To draw up the duty rota.

If you are interested in this role, please apply and send your updated CV.