Wandsworth Council- Social Worker- Early Help

Posted 23 January 2020
Salary £32 - £35 per hour
LocationWandsworth
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceLORNA_1579776837
Contact NameLorna Burner

Job description

1. To contribute to the group supervision and reflective practice of the Thrive Pathway Team and the Thrive Keep in Touch Team and bring social work expertise to bear on discussions around safeguarding.

2. To run SoSWB group supervision sessions for Children's Centres to support their review of cases and bring social work expertise to bear on discussions around safeguarding.

3. To support early help services, Thrive Together, Children's Centres, Youth Services, Early Support, Thrive Keep in Touch to develop safeguarding expertise and confidence to manage risk and hold families safely at the early help level, through phone contact, drop in sessions and SoSWB group supervision.

4. Support early help services and the partners they support to make appropriate referrals into the Initial Point of Contact (IPOC) and develop a better understanding of thesholds through support of practitioners to be confident to identify levels of concern and developing robust plans with families.

5. Support the Thrive Pathway Manager to manage the smooth step down of cases from CIN and Referral and Assessment Teams (RAS) to early help services via the Pathway, to work closely with CIN and RAS teams to ensure they have develop a strong and robust plan that parents and partners have agreed to and the families have given cosent to work with early help services.

6. Raise awareness of the early help safeguarding role, child protection and social work role with families, and how the Thrive Social Worker can support services and families. This can be done through attending team meetings, parents forums, community meetings or advisory boards.

7. The Thrive Social Worker will provide advice and guidance to early help services staff who feel they may have a child who meets the threshold for a Social Work referral.

8. The Thrive Social Worker will support early help staff who have made referrals to IPOC or are working with a family who has a Social Worker if they are have challenges in finding out what is happening.

9. The Thrive Social Worker will contribute to the Social Care Acadamy's safeguarding training programme for multi-agency partners. This will include delivering safeguarding training and SoSWB training.

10. Support early help services to maintain consitant and high standards in case recording and will contribute to the Early Help Quality Assurance Framework case auditing processes.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.