Social Worker - Children With Disabilities Team

• To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people, giving due consideration to their race, culture, religion and linguistic background.
• To manage an agreed caseload of children and young people in compliance with casework objectives, statutory and departmental policy and procedural requirements, consistently maintaining the highest level of professional standards.
• To undertake direct social work responsibilities as an allocated worker to the children an young people assigned, investigating concerns regarding a child or young person’s safety or wellbeing, make an assessment of the risk and protective factors in the family and decide on the most appropriate course of action.
• To ensure the provision of clear written reports to child protection conferences, reviews, planning meetings and any other purpose as required, ensuring good quality casework analysis and risk assessment is evident throughout.
• To work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to formulate care plans in partnership, based on their assessment of need, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to their planning.
• To ensure that the highest quality services are provided, within the resources available, and are responsive to the expressed needs and aspirations of residents/users regardless of backgrounds, lifestyles and abilities.
• To demonstrate a commitment to own personal and professional development and to developing and coaching others.
• In the performance of all your duties, and in particular in the support and management of staff, to implement all Achieving for Children policies and procedures necessary to meet customer care needs and to reflect the Achieving for Children’s vision and values.
• Ensure the wellbeing of employees and service-users by actively promoting and complying with health and safety regulations, policies and procedures.
• Working to accredited children and family practitioner level of knowledge and Skills Statement.

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

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