Social Worker

Supply Care Solutions; Oxford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Supply Care Solutions is recruiting a Social Worker/Senior Practitioner for the Family Support & Safeguarding Team in Oxfordshire. You will carry a caseload of children, young people and families, ensuring their views are heard and assessed within legal frameworks.

You will uphold professional standards, work with government guidance including Children Acts, attend conferences and court as required, and prepare reports for care proceedings. Strong commitment to safeguarding is essential.

Qualifications

• Provide professional social work to a caseload of children, young people and families.
• Possess up-to-date knowledge of relevant law and practice per FSS.
• Apply government and local guidance including Children Acts 1989 & 2004.
• Prepare written reports, including child protection and legal reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional social work to a caseload of children, young people and families.
• Ensure high professional standards and knowledge of relevant law and practice.
• Provide services integrating government and local guidance and initiatives.
• Assess needs and provide timely interventions.
• Attend conferences, reviews and court as required; present plans.

Skills

Social work

Child protection

Report writing

Job description

Social Worker/Senior Practitioner - Family Support & Safeguarding Team in Oxfordshire.

SALARY: (Social Worker ) £41,771 - £45,091 & (Senior Practitioner) £46,142 - £49,282

TYPE: PERMANENT

HOURS: 37 per week (Mon-Fri).

TEAM: Family Support & Safeguarding

Job Overview

• To provide professional social work to a caseload of children, young people, and families, appropriate to experience and capabilities, ensuring their views are heard.
• To ensure the highest of professional standards and good overall knowledge of relevant law, legislation, and practice in line with the values and principles of FSS.
• To ensure provision of good quality services which integrate government and local guidance and initiatives including, Children Acts 1989 & 2004, Working Together, local Child Protection and Looked After Children procedures, and the DoH, Assessment Framework 2000.
• To provide an efficient and effective service to children, young people, and their families, ensuring that the needs of the children and their parents/carers are professionally assessed, and that relevant interventions are provided where needed, in a timely way.
• To work with families using the FSS Workbook modules, and a strengths-based approach.
• To prepare and submit written reports as and when required, including child protection conference reports and legal reports for care proceedings.
• To attend conferences, reviews and court as required for each case presenting plans clearly, with professionalism and integrity.
• To ensure the Assistant /Team Manager is kept fully appraised of significant information about allocated families, seeking advice as and when necessary.

Social Worker/Senior Practitioner Requirements

• Proven experience in working with childrens services
• Current Enhanced DBS Disclosure
• Eligibility to work in the UK without work permit or visa restrictions
• Commitment to the safe care and well-being of vulnerable people