About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
We have exciting opportunities for confident and skilled Social Workers to work in the Children's Emergency Duty Team (CEDT) as sessional workers in Children Services. Our objective is to deliver the best outcomes in improving the quality of life for Children within Sutton, Merton, Kingston and Richmond for whom the service is provided.
Reporting to a Team Manager, Social Workers within the CEDT are responsible for delivering our Out of Hours Service. Our team provide vital support to the service with the responsibility of working outside of standard office hours, during evenings, nights and at weekends to deliver our service in safeguarding children and young people. Working within the Care Act 2014, you will undertake carer's assessments and eligibility assessments whilst supporting planning and reviews. You will ensure appropriate advocacy or representation to ensure an individual's human rights are understood and promoted. Our work also covers daily enquiries to the team’s duty system, including initial safeguarding responses and protection planning as well as undertaking investigations. You will be working collaboratively with all relevant parties to ensure that the children and families enabled to live ordinary and fulfilled lives.
About Us
The Emergency Duty Team provides essential social work cover for children across 4 London boroughs. We offer a social work service to children and young people in the Borough who are living at home on a plan across the tiers of need. This is achieved by working in partnership with relevant agencies, children and young people, and their families.
Within the team's geographical area we support children and young people through robust assessment, SMART planning and effective intervention to achieve positive outcomes within their families and communities. Working within a restorative practice approach, our team works in partnership with families and multi-agency colleagues in intervening to address both the presenting concerns and underlying difficulties.
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