Experienced Social Worker – Children’s EDT - Nottingham - £38 ph
* Location: Nottingham
* Salary : £38ph
* Contract : Full Time / Temporary
Are you an experienced and resilient Social Worker looking to take on a challenging but rewarding role? Nottingham City Council is seeking a skilled practitioner to join their Children’s Emergency Duty Team (EDT)
About the team:
As a member of theEDT, you will be responsible for delivering statutory social work services. This includes responding to urgent safeguarding concerns, undertaking crisis interventions, and ensuring the immediate protection of vulnerable children and young people.
Key Responsibilities:
* To represent the Authority in court on the most complex cases, providing reports, acting as the lead witness, and providing support to less experienced colleagues as required.
* Routinely chair a range of casework meetings in line with own caseload and for less experienced colleagues as workload allows including core groups, discharge planning meetings etc in complex situations
* To manage own workload effectively, maintaining appropriate records and preparing and submitting reports as required within agreed timescales.
* To participate in mentoring and supporting less experienced social workers, supporting the decision making process and providing expertise where required.
* To work proactively to promote good relationships with other professionals and agencies, as well as with colleagues within the Social Care and the City Council, demonstrating commitment and sensitivity to ensuring equality of opportunity in service delivery.
* Contribute to the creation and maintenance of good working relationships at all levels with colleagues in partner agencies and other City Council Departments, representing the Department at inter-agency meetings as appropriate.
* To commit to undertake further training and development as necessary and to practice in accordance with Social Work England as a registered social worker and the City Council’s Code of Conduct for Employees.
Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:
* Your own dedicated specialist consultant
* Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organisations throughout the UK
* Prompt and reliable payroll
* Free DBS and compliance service
* £500 referral fee
For more information, please contact Dylan at Tripod Partners on 07919 026892 or send your CV to dylan.nel@tripodpartners.co.uk
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