Social Worker (Childrens)

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Mendip Hub, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time :17:00
Salary: £28.83
Based within a family safeguarding team, you will manage a complex caseload comprising of Child in Need, Child Protection and Child Looked After. You will need to be competent in managing Court Work and have experience of undertaking parenting assessments within pre-proceedings. Experience of completing “Parent-Assess” assessments is beneficial but not mandatory.

You will need to have well developed skills and be able to work with children and families to complete assessments to reflect individual circumstances including assessment of needs and risk, alongside strengths and protective factors, to develop meaningful plans to ensure that children are protected from significant harm and receive the appropriate multi-agency support.

Be responsible for a caseload of varying complexity, commensurate with experience, ability and qualification; receive and respond to referrals from various sources.

Assess the needs of children and families under the appropriate statutory frameworks, liaising and working with partner agencies, and other Children’s Services teams, as required

Participate in a duty rota responding to crisis situations and supporting children to remain safely within their families
Enable and empower individuals, families and carers to address issues which affect their health, financial, emotional and social wellbeing and to achieve and sustain positive change.

You will be passionate about relationship-based social work, proud of your profession, and able to reflect and think creatively about how you can build relationships to make a difference to children and families.
The main office base is located in Shepton Mallet, but the assessment team in Mendip also work with families with a home address in Wells, Glastonbury, Castle Cary, Wincanton and Frome,