Children’s Social Worker, Designated Social Worker ISEN and Disabilities 0-25, Aylesbury area Pay rate to £40 per hour 0 - 25 Disability Team Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Children’s Social Worker in Buckinghamshire. Job Purpose To lead and manage approaches to ensuring high quality social care input and engagement with the EHC needs assessment, planning process and annual reviews, whilst embedding the SEN reforms. Duties: Act as the key contact between education and social care Work with colleagues across education and social care to ensure effective workplace planning and development, allocating resource where demand is greatest Contribute to the development of the strategic plans for the Service Ensure there is a strong and effective culture of collaboration within the team and across the local area, including with colleagues in health, education and social care Embed a culture of co-production and team working at all levels Oversee all social care triage referrals including those through First Response Ensure services provided are child centred and needs led Ensure quality and compliance with statutory process and timescales relating to Education, Health and Care assessment and planning in relation to Appendix E Attendance at multi-professional meetings Lead training sessions and events to improve support to families across all aspects of social care and education Unblock barriers to success and access to early help, and specialist services Ensure threshold for access to social care is well understood Act as a key member for Complex Needs Panel and support to Social Workers in preparing for Panel Unblock barriers to better outcomes for children across key partnerships Support Social care staff in completing Complex Needs Panel requests Disseminating best practice from research through training, mentoring and coaching Use of data bases across both education, social care and early help Please get in touch for more information. This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to An easy registration process (all done online) Referral schemes and incentives Ongoing compliance managed for you Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. Please contact Graham Leatham on 07484 513909 or email graham.leatham@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information. We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager