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Social Worker
Posted in Social Work
4 years ago
Cradlefin Consultants
Job Type
Full Time
Location
UK
Description :
Cradlefin Consultants are recruiting for an Out of Hours Social Worker Grade 10 within either the Access & Assessment, Locality, Disability or Looked After Children Service, leading the delivery of high quality social work activities within the Hull Children's Social Care Practice Model (within a pod/team and across a range of specialisms and services).
Responsibilities & Accountability:
- Contribute to the overarching strategy in Hull Children's Social Care Services - to ensure that the pod/team actively plans for safety, permancey and stability for children and young regardless of the setting in which they live and to actively support more children to live at home safely
- Guide the practice and performance of staff within the pod/team and impact on outcomes/progress for cases being worked by the pod/team. Ensures that critical reflection and constructive challenge is featured in all case work undertaken by the pod/team
- Provide support and undertake decision making in complex situations, managing high levels of risk, particularly when working out of hours
- Ensures that any concerns/representations from families are addressed at the earliest opportunity through a systemic approach to the issue
- Provides day-to-day supervision and contributes to practice education of any social work student attached to the pod/team. Provides professional supervision (monthly) to the Immediate Help Social Workers
- Be flexible to ensure the operational needs of the Council are met. This includes the undertaking of duties of a similar nature and responsibility as and when required, throughout the various work places in the Council
- You will have supervision and planning of other peoples workloads and/or planning or scheduling of work over the short term Requirements & Qualifications:
- Degree or equivalent level of experience Specific qualification requirement (if applicable): Professional qualification in Social Work (Diploma in Social Work, BA/BSc/MA in Social Work, CQSW as required by Health & Care Professions Council)
- Evidence of continuing professional development and/or membership of professional body
- Graduate Certificate/Foundation Level qualification in Systemic Practice/Family Therapy (within 36 months of taking up role) Registered with the Health & Care Professionals Council Achieve Level 2 Practice Educator Standards Certification (within 36 months of taking up role). Full driving licence
- Experience of delivering, monitoring and planning services at an operational level
- Experience of successfully managing activity and performance targets
- Ability to build and maintain effective teams
- Ability to manage effective budgets/resources and enforce proper financial controls, showing sound business judgement
- Experience and understanding of planning and project management
- Experience of assessment and planning, initiating, monitoring, developing and providing outcomes-driven services in the Children’s Social Care arena
- Experience of decision-making on complex/high risk cases within the Children’s Social Care arenaExperience of leading a systemic approach to practice within the Children’s Social Care arena
- Experience of undertaking Change Management, planning and implementing new ways of working
- Able to predict and drive change in a rapidly changing environment to deliver a performance based culture
- Possesses specialist skills and well-developed knowledge to provide in-depth support to a technical or operational service
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of children and families.
- Able to transport/escort service users (including children)
- Disclosure of Criminal Record: The successful candidate’s appointment will be subject to the Council obtaining a satisfactory Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service
- Must be able to be flexible in working hours to meet the needs of the children, young people and families. This will involve working evenings or weekends as required on a shift/rota basis
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