CSW – Senior Social Worker – Assessment & Intervention Team

Wax Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Wax Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Social Worker for the Assessment & Intervention Team in London. The role sits in the Risk Outside The Home (ROTH) team and involves working with adolescents presenting with complex needs within a multi-agency framework.

The post requires Social Work England Registration and DBS clearance, with hybrid working 1-2 days in the office and home visits to young people. HCPC standards and CPD portfolio maintained throughout practice.

Qualifications

• HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Social Workers must be followed.
• Portfolio evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) required.

Responsibilities

• Part of a dedicated team undertaking complex social work with children, their families and wider support systems.
• Adhere to relevant statutes, guidance, regulations, policies and procedures.

Job description

CSW – Senior Social Worker – Assessment & Intervention Team

Job title: CSW – Senior Social Worker – Assessment & Intervention Team

Job Category: Social Care Qualified

Location: 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, London, NW9 4EW, Barnet Council

Salary: £28.02 per hour

Social Work England Registration and DBS Required

Hybrid working 1-2 days in the office and visits to young people.

This role sits within the Risk Outside The Home (ROTH) team. You will work alongside other professionals in caring for adolescents presenting with a range of needs including being victims / perpetrators of child sexual exploulation, young people affected or involved in serious youth violence and group offending or missing from home.

Professional Direction

• This post will form part of a dedicated team undertaking complex social work with children, their families and wider support systems.
• The key accountabilities will be undertaken in accordance with relevant statutes, guidance, regulations, policies and procedures and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Social Workers. The job holder will uphold the HCPC Proficiency for Social Workers and maintain an updated portfolio evidence of continuous professional development.
• The job holder may be directed to a particular specialism of recognised social work and may require additional Knowledge and Skills as set out in the KSS for that area of work.
• The job holder will demonstrate an understanding of complexity which applies to the role and be able to adequately respond to these in a timely purposeful manner which meets the Nolan Standards. Complexity will involve combinations of:

• Multi agency/professional and disciplinary input
• Complex family /organisational dynamics
• Serious hostility and conflicts of interest
• Adolescent High risk and vulnerability
• Need to take into account the public interest.

• Multi agency/professional and disciplinary input
• Complex family /organisational dynamics
• Serious hostility and conflicts of interest
• Multiple problems/disadvantages
• Multiple/significant risk factors
• Adolescent High risk and vulnerability
• Need to take into account the public interest.