Experienced Social Worker

p>As a Social Worker in our team, you will work to ensure the children and families we work with maximise their potential and achieve the best possible outcomes available to them.
You will do this through:
• The provision of timely, high-quality assessments which generate clear plans that enable services and intervention to be targeted effectively.
• Ensuring that children and families who experience our service receive a
quality service that is responsive to the wishes and feelings of children.
• Promoting participation of service users, and respecting difference.
• Ensuring planning results in timely, permanent care arrangements that allow children and young people to reach their absolute potential.
If this reflects who you are, how you work, or how you would like to work, then this could be the role that meets and exceeds your expectations of social work.


Skills:

We seek talented and curious people who want to develop their professional career as a qualified social worker to champion best practice. As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what's important so that we make a real and positive difference, and you will contribute to this.
You will:
1. Have a Diploma or Degree in social work and be registered with Social Work England, and you will also have completed your ASYE.
2. Have a good working knowledge of theory and legislation including the Children Act 89/04 amongst others and be prepared to understand the legislation and guidance which relates to this specialist post.
3. Demonstrate understanding of the issues which relate to children and their families.
4. Be an excellent communicator who is equally comfortable speaking with children and other professionals from external partners and agencies.
5. Have excellent analytical skills to aid you in your assessment of children's needs.
6. Be someone who enjoys a busy atmosphere who can cope with competing demands and be resilient enough to manage the stresses (with support) that come from this.
7. Have the motivation and integrity to achieve outstanding outcomes for children.
8. Understand anti-oppressive practice and the legislative framework around this and be restorative in your thinking.
9. Be people-focused, centring the child and parent, empowering them to make informed choices and respecting their needs and wishes in equal measure.
10. Value diversity and being inclusive, and work with people in a way that respects and acknowledges difference.
11. Be a collaborative person who wants to be part of a mutually supportive team.
12. Be computer literate, and comfortable using MS word, Outlook and databases.
13. Have skills in diplomacy and tact, able to empathise with and be respectful of service users.
14. Be able to consolidate learning in working practice.
15. Practice expertly in complex situations, managing higher levels of risk, balancing support, and challenge (Experienced Social Worker)
16. Have substantial post-qualifying, relevant experience (Experienced Social Worker).
17. Take responsibility for the continuing professional development of self and others (Experienced Social Worker)
18. Commit to having a student and undertaking training to support this (Experienced Social Worker).