Social Worker - Safeguarding & Family Support - Islington

Full Job Description

Social Worker - Safeguarding & Family Support - Islington - 27ph

mbi Medical are pleased to be working with London Borough of Islington Council, who are currently on the look out for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Safeguarding and Familyteam.

The Role

Our vision for the service is that children and young people are safe, can overcome difficulties and can form secure relationships through their childhood and into their adulthood.

As a Child and Family Social Worker you will be responsible for working with children in need of help and protection or looked after children and care-leavers, whilst maintaining the focus on safeguarding.

You will work directly with the child or young person and their family or carer to build empathic, purposeful relationships that facilitate meaningful and sustainable change, as well as stability in placement and permanency for children.

You will share and exercise the organisational practice ethos which places Motivational Practice and trauma-informed practice at the heart of working with families.

You will be ambitious for every child to reach their potential in all aspects of their development including education, health and emotional wellbeing from 0-25.