Central Bedfordshire Council have an exciting opportunity to join their Children's Services, with an opportunity in the assessment team for a level 1 Social Worker .
* Receiving, filtering and prioritising all service requests & referrals to Children's Services within 24 hours of receipt, backed up by three specialist Assessment teams focused on assessing children in need and undertaking child protection enquiries
* Support from Senior Management and Councillors ensuring safe caseloads and low supervision ratios as the basis for good practice as demand for services increases locally.
* work closely with professionals within and outside of the team to identify the most appropriate support for children and their families and make informed recommendations to the manager for decision
* where required, we research, determine and arrange urgent Strategy Meetings in a timely manner with appropriate professionals where there is a risk of significant harm to a child
* where appropriate, we ensure referrers and families are informed of outcome of the referral in writing and undertake the necessary recording
* attend multi-agency network meetings to present information about the team, thresholds and processes
* attend multi-agency information sharing meetings and arrangements to identify children and families that may need to be referred to Children's Services
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