Children in Care Social Worker

Full Job Description

Gloucestershire County Council are looking for social workers to join their children in care team!

Role details:

• Manage a caseload with a high level of complexity and risk including those children subject to care proceedings and child protection plans.
• Act in a consultative role to less experienced social workers to ensure reflective practice in all single or multi-agency assessments, including the development of outcome focussed plans. This will include supporting less experienced staff with court proceedings, chairing core group and multi agency meetings, and facilitating family group meetings.
• Responsible for modelling a high standard of practice in relation to own casework, including good quality case recording and report writing.
• Provide mentoring and specialist consultation or advice to colleagues and other professionals.
• To undertake direct work with children, young people and families in order to manage risk and achieve the sustained and positive outcomes identified in assessments and plans.
• Attend relevant meetings which require high level professional input.
• Maintain and facilitate professional working relationships with all stake holders to ensure the effective delivery of services.
• Support advanced practitioners to improve social work practice.
• To undertake training and development as required including on going post qualification professional development.
• Be accountable for own practice ensuring it is of high quality and reflect bests practice.
• Support, promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people.

Requirements as a Social Worker include:

• SWE Registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Drive and have access to a car
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Benefits of working for Connect2SocialWork:

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to a wide range of roles nationwide, as well as exclusive roles to C2SW
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive knowledge
• Work for an agency owned by Kent County Council
• Prompt and reliable payroll system
• "Refer a Friend" bonus - get 250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*

Connect2Staff/Connect2Kent, part of Commercial Services Trading/Kent Ltd, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.