Senior Social Worker (Children)

Location

South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Category : Social Care Qualified
Location : Badminton Road Council Offices, South Gloucestershire Council
Hours Per Week : 40.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary; £30.55

Looked After Children Team / Children in Care
This is a position of a non-caseholding Senior Social Worker, supporting the Team Manager within LAC/CiC.
Driving license and appropriate means of travel insured for business purposes is required.
About the role
Working in a team in either Access and Response Team, Social Care Long Term, or Corporate Parenting, under the guidance of the Team Manager the post holder will hold a child care case-load where complex and sensitive issues are at stake, will lead and supervise a small team, and will deputise for the Team Manager when required, with support and guidance from other Team Managers. It is expected that this will usually be for a maximum of four weeks at any one time.
Working in a multi-agency context, the post holder will ensure vulnerable children and young people are identified, protected and supported to achieve positive outcomes through the provision of well planned, integrated and coordinated services.
The post holder will promote effective partnerships with those providing preventative and/or specialist services in the public, private, community and voluntary sectors as well as with children young people and their families to achieve the best possible outcomes.
The post holder may also be involved in the recruitment and development of staff and this may include volunteers/partners/foster carers etc.
The post holder may also undertake the role of Practice Educator in terms of assessing, developing and mentoring student and newly qualified Social Workers (usually one to two per year).
The post holder will use a significant degree of professional expertise, together with knowledge of the extensive statutory framework that governs the duties and processes and timescales in relation to this area of work.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

1. You will hold a degree or equivalent professional qualification with appropriate professional registration. You will have substantial post qualification experience within a similar service area.
2. You will demonstrate specialist knowledge of the relevant services, including latest service developments, legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
3. You will have effective relationship building skills to deal with a variety of contacts.
4. You will have budget management and monitoring skills.
5. Ensure work of the team complies with guidance and relevant codes of practice
   You will have a good level of general IT skills and the ability to use, or be trained in the use of, appropriate specialist in-house software packages

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