Social Worker - Referral & Assessment

Quid, Inc.; East London; On-site; ZAR 661 000 - 883 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care agency in East London is seeking an experienced Social Worker for the Referral & Assessment Team. The role involves managing complex cases and conducting needs assessments, with crucial expertise in child protection. Applicants must hold a degree in Social Work, have a valid registration, and completed their ASYE. The position offers extensive training and generous benefits, including enhanced leave entitlements.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance, up to 32 days plus bank holidays

Excellent training including Practice Educator & NAAS

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes

Qualifications

• You will be a qualified Social Worker with a valid registration.
• Experience in Child Protection and assessment processes required.
• Completion of ASYE is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Manage caseloads utilizing specialist knowledge for interventions.
• Conduct assessments and produce reports based on findings.
• Facilitate meetings and coordinate plans for children's needs.

Skills

Social Work

Child Protection

Needs Assessments

Care Planning

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Social Worker - Referral & Assessment - East London

East London

Liquid Personnel are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker for the Referral & Assessment Team to join our clients in East London.

Our client is one of the fastest growing parts of the country and the third most diverse London borough. Their communities are attracted by a mixture of excellent schools, relatively affordable housing, high-quality open space and rapid transport connections into the heart of the City.

Your benefits as a Social Worker:

• Excellent training including Practice Educator & NAAS
• OUTSTANDING Ofsted report
• Generous holiday allowance, up to 32 days plus bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes
• Access to comprehensive training and development programme

The role of a Social Worker:

• Manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases, utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs assessments, care planning and child protection investigations.
• Completing single and joint s47, including taking part in strategy meeting and supporting with Child Protection medicals
• Completing S17 Child and Family Assessment including risk assessments, undertaking CIN plans, producing ICPC reports
• Using direct work tools and resources in sessions with children and their families to help them identify what needs to change and how this could be achieved via a robust trajectory planning
• Arranging CIN meetings

Essential requirements of this Social Work role:

• You will hold a degree in Social Work
• Be registered with Social Work England
• Have completed your ASYE
• Social Work qualified, with valid Social Work England registration

If this sounds like it could be the right role for you then please contact Mozz Radwan on 02038573486 or [e-mail].

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.