The role:
24-7 Recruitment are currently recruiting on behalf of one of our clients for a Locum Social Worker in the Essex - Chelmsford area.
Our client is looking for a Locum Social Worker to join their Family Support and Protection team on a temporary basis for an initial period of 3 months. The successful candidate will be an experienced registered social worker.
Accountabilities
* Assess complex social care needs and provide support to children and families.
* Develop support plans that gain commitment to solutions that enable the child, young person and family to build resilience and look forward to a brighter future.
* Accountable for working within the statutory legal framework, policy and guidance and determining when the threshold for statutory intervention has been reached.
* Work collaboratively, building effective relationships with internal and external partnerships and stakeholders and the voluntary sector, to assist children and their families and carers in gaining support.
* Accountable for conducting assessments and plan responses to safeguard a child or young person and promote their welfare, including appropriate intervention as determined by need.
* Develop a child centred approach which enables early intervention and prevention and increases independence.
* Pro-actively influences in a range of inter-agency planning, decision making and case discussions.
* Communicate assessments and professional judgements clearly and succinctl...