Job Overview
* To provide a lead role in improving the quality of professional social work practice across the breadth of the case work cycle to children, young people and their families.
* To undertake complex casework arising within the Children with disabilities service.
Duties
1. To provide a needs-led, professional social work service to children, young people and their families, complying with legislative requirements and in accordance with established best practice.
2. To be responsible for allocated cases including a complex caseload.
3. To provide technical/professional expertise to less experienced social workers.
4. To share/communicate a thorough working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, guidance, research, departmental policy and procedures.
5. To provide quality assurance and coaching/mentoring to work colleagues.
6. To take a joined-up approach to ensuring the effectiveness of case working, actively promoting/encouraging effective partnership working with service users and other teams/agencies/organisations.
7. Participates in the regular collection, collation and reporting of appropriate performance management information in accordance with statutory and...