Intake Team (Senior Social Worker)

Leaders In Care Ltd; Barry; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated social workers for its Intake and Assessment team. This role emphasizes providing empathetic support to families in crisis, conducting assessments, and ensuring timely referrals to appropriate services. With a commitment to maintaining manageable caseloads and a focus on professional development, this team is on a transformative journey to improve service delivery. Join a supportive environment where your contributions will make a significant impact on the lives of children and families in need.

Benefits

Access to CPD

Supportive Management

Learning & Development

Flexible Working

Capped Cases

Qualifications

• Statutory role requiring social work qualification and registration.
• Ability to provide empathetic support to families in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and section 47 enquiries for families.
• Ensure timely handling of referrals from the Front-door.

Skills

Empathy

Child-focused approach

Assessment skills

Crisis intervention

Education

Social Work Qualification

Registration to Social Work Wales

Job description

Intake Team | Social Worker

Salary: £39,834 to £48,421 | £5,000 Annual Enhancement | Access to CPD | Supportive Management | Learning & Development | Flexible Working

Benefits:

• Capped Cases – aiming to exceed no more than 20 – 22 cases
• Large, supportive Team
• Flexible Working
• Progression opportunities available & Training

Due to recent expansion, the service is undergoing a recruitment drive to attract social workers for the Intake and Assessment team. The goal is clear, keep cases low and ensure referrals from the Front-door are handled within their appropriate timescales. The service is undergoing and pursuing an improvement journey and is keen to establish management consistency.

About the team:

Every day is different within the fast-paced assessment team. This team completes a range of assessments, conducts section 47 enquiries, and establishes whether longer-term plans are needed for families.

The priority for this team is assessing what is needed to support children and families, if anything, and then moving this support to the right team. Families will be transferred to our family support teams if intervention is longer than 3 months.

You will need to be able to offer empathetic support to families who have just been referred to Child and Young People Services. Families in these circumstances are often in crisis and as such workers need to be calm and child-focused when things are unpredictable.

As this is a statutory role, you will require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work Wales.