Principal Social Worker - Assessment

Powys County Council; Wales; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Powys County Council is seeking a Principle Social Worker to support the Assessment team in day-to-day management and case oversight. You may step into a management role as required, with support from team managers.

The role also involves taking on some cases and contributing to development within the team. Applicants should respond promptly to safeguarding concerns with a calm and nurturing approach, possess strong IT skills, and engage assertively in multi-agency discussions, guided by All

Qualifications

• Ability to respond promptly to safeguarding concerns in a calm, nurturing manner.
• Good IT skills to access information swiftly.
• Assertive and professional in multi-agency discussions with knowledge of All Wales Child Protection Procedures.

Responsibilities

• Attend strategy discussions with Front Door SW team and contribute to threshold decisions and risk assessment with Police and Health colleagues.
• Chair strategy meetings for open cases within the team.
• Support SW staff with planning Sec47 and CAWAs; use mapping to plan intervention with families and develop strength-based questions to manage risks.
• Supervise unqualified staff and, when needed, qualified staff; both formal and informal supervision.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

IT skills

Interagency communication

Job description

The Principle SW Role in the Assessment team aims to assist in the day-to-day management of the team – both with regard to active cases and SW staff. There are times when you step-up into the management role when needed however support is always given from counter parts in other teams. The role helps SW development in that you begin to step into a decision making role with the support of the team manager whilst also holding some cases of your own.

About you:

Being able to respond promptly to safeguarding concerns with a calm and nurturing approach with SW staff. Good IT skills to be able to access information swiftly. To be assertive and professional during multi-agency discussions, with a good knowledge base of the All Wales Child Protection Procedures and threshold documentation.

What you will do:

The role involves

• attending strategy discussions with the Front Door SW team and contributing towards threshold decisions and risk assessment with Police and Health colleagues.
• Chairing strategy meetings for open cases within the team.
• Supporting SW staff with planning Sec47 and CAWA’s. Using a mapping exercise to plan the intervention with families and developing strength-based questions to help manage risks.
• Supervising unqualified staff within the team and, when needed, qualified staff. Both formal and informal supervision.

This position has a requirement for an Enhanced DBS Check