Children Social Worker - Special Adolescent Team EAST

Pertemps Social Care; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care organization in the United Kingdom seeks a Qualified Social Worker to work hybrid, providing intensive support to vulnerable young people at risk of exploitation and family breakdown. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, managing caseloads, and ensuring effective intervention plans. Candidates should have experience with adolescents and safeguarding practices, and must be a car driver. This role requires flexibility to meet the needs of young people, contributing to positive outcomes and statutory responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of child exploitation issues.
• Proven ability to work in a multi-agency environment.
• Strong report writing and case management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support young people to achieve positive outcomes.
• Conduct assessments and provide intensive interventions.
• Manage a caseload effectively.

Skills

Experience working with adolescents

Knowledge of safeguarding practices

Ability to conduct structured assessments

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Job Summary

Hybrid working - 3 days office, 2 days WFH.

To support children and young people in achieving positive outcomes to prevent family breakdown, ensuring only the right young people become looked after.

To deliver intensive interventions to young people who are being exploited to reduce risk within a contextual safeguarding framework.

The team will work with young people and their families with the following presenting issues:

• Child Sexual and Child Criminal Exploitation
• Homelessness
• Family Breakdown – preventing children becoming Looked After
• Young People Missing from Home
• Young People at risk of radicalisation
• Children becoming Looked After
• Rehabilitating Young People home after a period of being Looked After
• Young People in the Criminal Justice System and at risk of entering the system

To carry out our statutory duties and responsibilities to safeguard and achieve good outcomes for the children and young people of Hertfordshire.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Qualified Social Worker
• To undertake structured assessments and provide intensive support to children and young people identified as having additional and complex needs and who are deemed vulnerable or at risk.
• To deliver appropriate interventions as part of an agreed package of support or be a responsible officer for an intensive intervention or court order, ensuring plans are robust and outcome focused and regularly reviewed.
• To manage a case load of young people and families who require social care or youth justice interventions.
• To prepare reports for youth offender panels, court and other agencies or specialist services as required.
• To undertake interviews for young people missing from care or education.
• To play an active role with colleagues in peer group supervision and role development sessions.
• To maintain accurate, comprehensive case management information using specified electronic database and complying with deadlines and statutory standards and requirements.
• To manage and be accountable with supervision and support for your own social work practice.
• To work effectively as part of a multi‑agency team, contributing to research and development of the team and lead on specific projects.
• To represent the Specialist Adolescent Service and deliver the objectives working in partnership with other agencies.
• To work flexibly across the County to meet the needs of young people, including evening and weekends as necessary.
• The duties and responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present.
• The post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary.
• Experienced and knowledge of s47 and s17 process.
• Experience of working with adolescents.

Person Specification

• Child Sexual and Child Criminal Exploitation
• Homelessness
• Family Breakdown – preventing children becoming Looked After
• Young People Missing from Home
• Young People at risk of radicalisation
• Children becoming Looked After
• Rehabilitating Young People home after a period of being Looked After
• Young People in the Criminal Justice System and at risk of entering the system

Special Conditions

• Visits F2F expected.
• Working arrangements can be within the office/touchdown zones.
• Must be a car driver.