CSW – Senior Social Worker – Assessment & Intervention Team

Job Description

Job title: CSW – Senior Social Worker – Assessment & Intervention Team
Job Category: Social Care Qualified
Location: 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, London, NW9 4EW, Barnet Council
Hours per week: 36
Salary: £28.02 per hour
Social Work England Registration and DBS Required
Hybrid working 1-2 days in the office and visits to young people.
This role sits within the Risk Outside The Home (ROTH) team. You will work alongside other professionals in caring for adolescents presenting with a range of needs including being victims / perpetrators of child sexual explouitation, young people affected or involved in serious youth violence and group offending or missing from home.
Job description
Professional Direction
• This post will form part of a dedicated team undertaking complex social work with children, their families and wider support systems.
• The key accountabilities will be undertaken in accordance with relevant statutes, guidance, regulations, policies and procedures and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Social Workers. The job holder will uphold the HCPC Proficiency for Social Workers and maintain an updated portfolio evidence of continuous professional development.
• The job holder may be directed to a particular specialism of recognised social work and may require additional Knowledge and Skills as set out in the KSS for that area of work.
• The job holder will demonstrate an understanding of complexity which applies to the role and be able to adequately respond to these in a timely purposeful manner which meets the Nolan Standards. Complexity will involve combinations of:
– Multi agency/professional and disciplinary input
– Complex family /organisational dynamics
– Serious hostility and conflicts of interest
– Multiple problems/disadvantages
– Multiple/significant risk factors
– Adolescent High risk and vulnerability
– Need to take into account the public interest.