Bromley Council
Location
Bromley, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £30.55
2 x Locum Referral and Assessment Senior Practitioners Required!
The rate for this role is fixed at £38 per hour which is non-negotiable.
Key Criteria:
• Candidates must be able to start within the next two weeks (as of 18/02/2022).
• To be considered for this role, candidates must have at least 3 years frontline/safeguarding experience.
There are no management responsibilities in this role.
Caseloads:
We have a caseload promise of 18 children but we are in the process of revising that to 8-9 families per social worker. At times that may mean that social workers will have fewer than 18 children or slightly more depending on the size of the family.
Flexible Working:
Social workers are expected to undertake face to face visits to families. All social workers work in the office on a rota basis with their teams.
Expenses:
Locums are able to claim back mileage from their place of work to visits (this does not include travel from home to work). The service also have work oyster cards that can be provided
Referrals meeting the threshold for an assessment will be passed through to the Referral and Assessment Service by the MASH Team. These cases relate to children between the ages of 0-17.
The referrals can be:
• Child Protection – children who have suffered significant harm, or are at risk of suffering significant harm. Investigations and assessments of these children are usually conducted on a joint basis with the Police Child Abuse and Investigation Team (CAIT)
• Children in Need – children whose needs cannot be met through the CAF (Common Assessment Framework) and TAC (Team Around the Child) process or ones with a range of complex needs
• The initial stages of new Looked After episodes for a child or young person
• Families presenting as having No Recourse to Public Funds. Assessments are completed, through direct work with children and families plus appropriate professionals, to identify needs/risks and develop plans to meet these as appropriate. Case responsibility is then transferred to the appropriate teams within Social Care
KNOWLEDGE
Comprehensive knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and other relevant legislation, regulations and guidance such as national assessment framework.
Knowledge of the range of services which are available to children and families and of the organisational framework within which they are provided.
Knowledge of child development and of family functioning and dynamics.
Knowledge of methods of social work intervention.
EXPERIENCE
Appropriate and relevant post-qualification experience of children and families social work within a statutory, voluntary or independent sector organisation.
QUALIFICATIONS
Degree, Masters, C.Q. S.W., Dip.S.W. or equivalent.
Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council
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Salary
£38 per hour
