Senior Social Worker, Children & Families - Complex Cases

Ackerman Pierce; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Ackerman Pierce is seeking a qualified social worker to join our Children & Families team in the United Kingdom. You will bring substantial post-qualifying experience to undertake highly complex casework within a statutory setting and to assess risk with diligence.

You will deliver culturally sensitive services to a multi-cultural community, prioritise care planning, gather information from multiple sources including direct observation, and make timely, evidence-based decisions with clear plans

Qualifications

• Post-qualifying social work experience in a Children & Families setting.
• Experience of highly complex casework within a statutory children’s setting.
• Experience delivering culturally sensitive services to a multi-cultural community.
• Experience in prioritisation, care planning and service delivery.
• Knowledge of assessing complex risk.
• Ability to interpret, understand and judge interactions of risk and protective factors in safeguarding decisions.
• High-level skills in gathering information from multiple sources including direct observation.
• Ability to make timely, evidence-based decisions based on thorough analysis.
• Ability to draw up practical plans with clear timescales and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Undertake highly complex casework in a statutory Children & Families setting.
• Deliver culturally sensitive services to a diverse community.
• Prioritise cases, plan care, and deliver services.
• Assess complex risk and make safeguarding decisions based on evidence.
• Gather information from multiple sources including direct observation.

Skills

Post-qualifying social work experience

Complex casework

Risk assessment

Prioritisation & care planning

Culturally sensitive service delivery

Interpreting risk factors

Multi-source information gathering

Evidence-based decision making

Practical plan development

Job description

Ackerman Pierce is seeking a qualified social worker to join our Children & Families team in the United Kingdom. You will bring substantial post-qualifying experience to undertake highly complex casework within a statutory setting and to assess risk with diligence.

You will deliver culturally sensitive services to a multi-cultural community, prioritise care planning, gather information from multiple sources including direct observation, and make timely, evidence-based decisions with clear plans