Social Worker | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Social Worker to provide expertise to multidisciplinary assessments of families. You will lead safeguarding and risk assessments of parenting capacity, and coordinate with local authorities and NHS colleagues to support care plans.

You will present court reports regularly and contribute to service evaluation while collaborating with FDAC and other agencies across London. Travel across London is required.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker registered with the appropriate body (HCAS guidance implied).
• Experience engaging in safeguarding and multidisciplinary settings is preferred.
• Strong ability to coordinate with local authorities and NHS teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide social work expertise to multidisciplinary assessment of families referred to the service.
• Lead safeguarding and risk assessment of parenting capacity; ensure children's safety.
• Provide professional advice and development regarding substance misuse within the FDAC team.
• Present reports in Court regularly and link families to local services.
• Contribute to evaluation of the service and work with FDAC colleagues across London.
• Travel across London as required.

Skills

Court reporting

Risk assessment

Case management

Interagency collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

Job description

Social Worker | North London NHS Foundation Trust

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Salary: £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of HCAS

The role is to provide social work expertise to the multidisciplinary assessment of families and parents referred to the service. Rapid initial and then ongoing assessment of parents, their willingness and capacity to engage in therapeutic work, alongside assessment of parenting capacity – the safety of the children being paramount. The post holder will contribute to the multidisciplinary formulation of an intervention plan and work with team members to mobilise and co-ordinate existing local authority, NHS and independent sector resources to meet the needs of the care plan and provide where appropriate evidence based nursing interventions in community based settings. The social worker role will take a lead on issues of safeguarding children and risk assessment of parenting capacity.

The post holder will take a lead on providing professional advice and development in relation to substance misuse within the FDAC team, develop clear pathways of care and support for families referred to the service in order to promote and improve the well-being of parents, children and young people. The post holder will be required to present reports in an authoritative manner in Court on a very regular basis, and other Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency settings work with autonomy but equally closely with FDAC colleagues. The post holder will be expected to contribute to and take part in of the evaluation of the service.

THE FAMILY DRUG AND ALCOHOL COURT TEAM

A Family Drug and Alcohol Court is an innovative approach to the problem of parental substance misuse (drugs or alcohol) which is having a negative impact on parenting capacity.

The FDAC is based on a model now being widely used across the USA, which is an exciting way of trying to break the destructive cycle of substance misuse through generations. The London FDAC has been running since 2008 and now serves 14 Local Authorities across 4 Family Courts. Independent research suggest that this model is successful in getting parents to engage with and stay in substance misuse services leading to more children being able to return home. Where parents do not engage and children cannot return home, quicker decisions are made about permanent placements for them.

The model is of a specialist court operating within the framework of care proceedings. The specialist FDAC team (which includes substance misuse practitioners, children and family social workers and child and adult mental health expertise) will be attached to the 4 courts we serve in Central, South, West and East London. It will advise the court and link the parents into relevant local services. The emphasis is on working with the parent and child, not just assessing them.

Please JD & PS document for further details.

Note:There will be travel required across London.

£47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of HCAS

£66,274 - £73,496 Per annum inclusive of HCAS - pro rata