Qualified Social Worker - Children and Families - £36 per hour

Posted 16 October 2018
Salary £35 - £36 per hour
LocationLondon
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceDanny_1539677021
Contact NameDanny Mansfield

Job description

Qualified Social Workers, Children in Need, North London, up to £36ph

If you thrive on building effective and creative relationships with key professionals we want to hear from you. You will work in a prime location in London where children are firmly at the centre of service delivery.

You will be responsible for a controlled caseload until the cases are either closed or transferred to the Children Looked After service.

Main duties include:

  • Undertaking and co-ordinating assessments of children in need or at risk and being responsible for the care management of plans that arise from the core assessment
  • Undertaking child protection enquiries, assessing and analysing risk, and contributing to the development of multi-agency child protection plans
  • Leading, coordinating, monitoring and reviewing multi agency children in need/ child protection plans until the case is either closed or transferred to the children looked after service
  • Being responsible for the initiation of court proceedings if required to protect children
  • Commissioning family group conferences, undertaking kinship assessments and preparing special guardianship reports in respect of children in need.
  • Preparing and presenting high quality verbal and written reports to meetings, reviews and panels and preparing statements and care plans for legal proceedings, ensuring all court related work meets the requirements of the Public Law Outline

Essential requirements:

  • A social work qualification (degree in social work, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent recognised social work qualification
  • Experience of assessing risk and making plans to safeguard children
  • The ability to undertake child protection investigations, initial and core assessments within timescales and co-ordinate agreed plans, with support and supervision

To find out more about this role, please email or call and ask for Danny.

Remedy Social Care is a REC Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.