Senior Social Worker

CareFirst Recruitment Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

CareFirst Recruitment Ltd is seeking a practitioner to take professional responsibility for managing a diverse caseload including individuals, families and carers, providing guidance and signposting to the appropriate services. You will assess needs, plan support, and demonstrate sound judgment on risk and accountability in decision making.

You will apply current safeguarding practices, share expertise with the team, and maintain accurate case records in the required database while upholding

Qualifications

• Take professional responsibility as directed for managing a caseload including individuals, children, families and carers who require support and guidance.
• Enable them to identify their needs and plan support to meet those needs using the full range of options, seeking advice and support where appropriate.
• Demonstrate confident and effective judgement about risk and accountability in decision making.
• Use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs and to ensure that a proportionate assessment is completed in a way that enables maximum participation.
• Provide information, advice and guidance in line with current national legislation and to recognise the need for, and appropriately signpost to other agencies, services or providers.
• Understand the forms of harm and their impact on people and be able to identify safeguarding concerns.
• Where relevant and with support undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding.
• Share and present professional knowledge and expertise with colleagues within the team.
• When appropriate provide professional reflective supervision to staff who are not professionally qualified.
• Take professional and personal responsibility for clear recording of analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date case work records on the database as required by Surrey County Council.
• Take responsibility for working within the Directorate's data protection policies.
• Values: To uphold the values and behaviours of the organisation.
• Equality & Diversity: To work inclusively, with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality of opportunity.
• Health, safety and welfare: To maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Welfare at work and take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others.

Job description

Take professional responsibility as directed for managing a caseload which will include

individuals, children, families and carers who require support and guidance. Enable them to identify

their needs and plan support to meet those needs using the full range of options, seeking advice

and support where appropriate.

Demonstrate confident and effective judgement about risk and accountability in decision making.

Assessment and Review

Use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs and to ensure that

a proportionate assessment is completed in a way that enables maximum participation.

Advice and Guidance

Provide information, advice and guidance in line with current national legislation and to recognise

the need for, and appropriately signpost to other agencies, services or providers.

Safeguarding

Understand the forms of harm and their impact on people and be able to identify safeguarding

concerns.

Where relevant and with support undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding.

Staff Development

Share and present professional knowledge and expertise with colleagues within the team.

When appropriate provide professional reflective supervision to staff who are not professionally

qualified.

Data Quality

Take professional and personal responsibility for clear recording of analysis and judgements,

maintaining up to date case work records on the database as required by Surrey County Council.

Take responsibility for working within the Directorate's data protection policies.

Duties For All

Values: To uphold the values and behaviours of the organisation.

Equality & Diversity: To work inclusively, with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality

of opportunity.

Health, safety and welfare: To maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Welfare at work and

take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others.