Children's Social Worker Team: LAC & 16+ Children Looked AfterLocation: ShropshireRate: £33.30Hybrid working available
As a Social Worker within the Children Looked After Service, you will be responsible forundertaking ongoing assessment work and intervention with children and families.
You will be progressing children’s plans and ensuring that they are accessing the right level ofservice at the right time.
You will be working closely with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure that the voice of the child is heard, recorded and forms an integral part of your case planning.
To visit and work with families as required, assessing and re-assessing children’sneeds whilst being looked after by the local authority.
To act as a Case Manager and co-ordinate appropriate review meetings.To act as Key Worker in cases where a CLA Plan is in operation.To provide and contribute to Child & Family Assessments as required.To contribute to and to develop ways of identifying and assessing childrendetermined to be in need within the criteria set out in the Children’s Services Plan.To provide children and families with particular information and advice to assist inresolving problems.To liaise with other agencies on behalf of service users, to co-ordinate the variousresources and arrange specific types of assistance.To carry out statutory d...