Are you passionate about making a real difference for children and families? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, supportive environment where your skillscan help prevent family breakdown and keep children safe at home? If so, wed love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Our Prevention Team works intensively with families at risk of children entering care. As a Social Worker in this team, you will:
* Lead on the completion of initial and final assessments, care planning meetings and reviews.
* Build strong, trusting relationships with children, young people, and their families.
* Deliver creative, evidence-based interventions to reduce risk and strengthen family resilience.
* Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to provide holistic support.
* Support team members using group reflection and debriefing with a focus on emotional wellbeing and crisis management.
* Use your professional judgment to make timely decisions that safeguard children while promoting family stability.
About us
What We Offer
* A supportive team culture with regular supervision and reflective practice.
* Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
* Access to flexible working arrangements and wellbeing support.
* A chance to make a lasting impact in the lives of children and families.
Job responsibilities
To improve outcomes for children and young people in Cumbria by listening to the voice of thechild, young person and their families, understanding their needs and working together to agreehow these needs will be met with the right help and support.
1. To improve outcomes for Children and Young People in Cumbria by listening to the voiceof the child, young person and their families and carers, understanding their needs andworking together to agree how these needs will be met with the right help and support
2. To work as a highly capable practitioner assessing and delivering care and supportservices to complex and high risk cases.
3. To use active listening, observation and communication to build relationships with families,children and young people and carers
4. To understand and analyse the complex/high risk needs of children and young people andthe strengths and vulnerabilities of families and carers by gathering information, throughdirect work, and the use of knowledge and research evidence.
5. To have a well-developed understanding of the impact of need in order to formulate childbased plans and assessments of carers with clear outcomes
6. To ensure practice is informed by a highly developed understanding of evidence andtheory. Also, to understand the roles and accountabilities of other professionals in order todeliver multi faceted appropriate services to meet the identified needs.
7. To share skills and in depth knowledge to build capacity with other professionals across allagencies and identify gaps in provision.
8. To undertake complex assessments of children, families and carers and work with casesidentified as having a high level of seriousness.
Person Specification
Experience
* Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development at an advanced level or post qualifying training in childcare.
* Three years relevant post qualification experience.
* Experience in work with children and families including Children Looked After.
* Work in partnership with community and voluntary groups, internal and external partners, Significant experience of Assessment, Case Management and planning in complex cases.
* In depth knowledge of children's and carers Assessment and Case Management Processes, and outcome based permanence planning.
* Well developed knowledge of relevant legislation and research-particularly in relation to adoption and permanence and the impact of loss and trauma on children.
* Relevant demonstrable experience in statutory work with children and families, and if the post is within adoption teams, demonstrable experience of adoption work post qualification, in accordance with adoption regulations.
* Ability to produce clear written analytical reports which include the child's voice.
* Effective Work in a multi-agency context with internal and external colleagues on day to day service issues sharing and co-ordinating resources.
* Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills with children and adults including negotiating, conciliating, people management and motivational skills.
* Ability to provide advice and on the job coaching and training for colleagues that relate to own specialism.
* Ability to mentor and promote learning and practice changes for other relevant staff.
* Proven ability to demonstrate sound judgment and autonomy of decision making in highly unpredictable situations.
* Ability to create and maintain tracking mechanisms and tools to evaluate the progress and success of the task.
* Ability to organise personal work programme effectively, evidence of ability to self motivate and demonstrate substantial personal autonomy.
* Ability to work under pressure and manage emotional stress effectively.
Qualifications
* Social Work Degree/CQSW/CSS/DipSW and Social Work England registration
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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