Social Worker - Children in Care Team

JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Social Worker - Children in Care Team
Specialism: Social Worker - Children
Location: Newham, UK
Salary: £37.52 per hour

Social Worker within the Children in Care Team in Newham, earning £37.52 per hour. This exciting ongoing locum opportunity offers full-time hours and the chance to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people in care. Working within a dedicated and supportive team, you will play a key role in promoting stability, safeguarding children, and helping them achieve positive outcomes while benefiting from the flexibility and variety that locum work provides.

Perks and benefits:

• Full Time: Enjoy the stability and consistency of a full-time position while gaining valuable experience within a dynamic Children's Services team.

• Hybrid Working: Benefit from a flexible working arrangement, with 2-3 days in the office, supporting a healthy work-life balance.

• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £37.52 per hour, providing flexibility and rewarding your expertise.

• Professional Development: Access ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and career progression.

• Supportive Working Environment: Join a team that values collaboration, wellbeing, and high-quality practice.

• Varied Caseload: Gain experience supporting children and young people with diverse needs and circumstances.

• Meaningful Impact: Make a real difference by helping children in care achieve stability, permanency, and positive futures.

What you will do:

• Manage a caseload of children and young people in the care of Newham Council, ensuring their safety, wellbeing, and developmental needs are met.

• Conduct statutory visits, assessments, and reviews in accordance with legislation, regulations, and local authority procedures.

• Develop, implement, and review comprehensive care plans tailored to the individual needs of each child.

• Promote permanence planning, including reunification, long-term fostering, kinship care, special guardianship, and adoption.

• Ensure the wishes, feelings, and views of children and young people are central to assessment, planning, and decision-making processes.

• Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive case records using the council's case management systems.

• Identify and assess risks, taking appropriate safeguarding action to protect children and young people.

• Participate in strategy discussions, placement stability meetings, safeguarding meetings, and other multi-agency forums.

• Prepare high-quality reports for Looked After Children Reviews