QSW – Family Safeguarding – Chichester

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : County Hall, Chichester, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £30.55
Working Pattern: Full time
Working arrangement: The expectation is that workers will be office based during duty week, the role is a mixture of office/hybrid but we are preferring office based but there is flexibility to work at home.

The candidate must be a car driver and be happy to drive around the western area of the county to fulfil the role requirement.

The candidate MUST be able to demonstrate a minimum of 3 years post-qualified experience working in direct employment within LA children’s social care in England to qualify for an agency /contractor assignment.

WSCC will not engage agency workers within the same region for a minimum of three months after they have left a substantive role within the region.

We require at least two detailed practice-based references.

As a Children’s Social Worker you will be at the forefront of assessing need and risk for vulnerable children and their families. You will be responsible for achieving positive change and improved outcomes by undertaking high quality assessments, care planning and, as appropriate, child protection investigations, to prevent the separation of children from their families where possible. You will ensure that children and young people are adequately protected in line with our policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

The candidate needs:
– To be an experienced worker with at least 2/3 years experience.
– Recent Front line – child protection work
– Good assessment skills that are able to identify risk
– Direct work with children to be able to identify their needs
– Good multi agency working experience