Social Worker / Care Planning / Nw London

Eden Brown Recruitment urgently require a HCPC registered Qualified Social Worker to work in this Child Protection Care Planning team.

Successful candidates will be required to:

provide a service to children in need and their families in line with statutory requirements and departmental priorities.

To participate in emergency duty rota within specific role.

To participate in written recording, or using new technology where appropriate.

Respond to public and other agencies by telephone, correspondence and direct contact in order to provide a service within departmental priorities and timescales.

Liaise with relevant external agencies e.g. police, health authority etc.

To be responsible for individual client case planning in line with the professional standards of the department.

To be active in implementing the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy in professional practice and service delivery.

To provide a preventative and rehabilitative service within the criteria of the Children Act, facilitating appropriate resources where necessary to enable children to remain with their own families.

To assess situations where children are referred as being in need of protection, accommodation or care provision, being particularly mindful of equal opportunities issues.

To plan quickly and effectively, involving carers as partners in the decisions made in respect of children.

To aim that, children should remain with their own families wherever possible. Where it is legally upheld that natural family circumstances have irretrievably broken down, to plan a secure and permanent home for children, ensuring that they have clear information about their own background and contact with natural relatives wherever possible.

Certificate Qualification in Social Work / Diploma in Social Work or its equivalent.

The ability to assess in a non-discriminatory way the needs of children and their families from all sections of the community and to develop and implement, in partnership with families and other professionals, effective plans.
Knowledge of child care law and the ability to apply it to situations where children may be at risk or needing to be looked after.
The ability to keep accurate records in line with policy or access to records by service user.
An understanding of the needs of children who are looked after’ and the ability to develop appropriate plans for them in partnership with their parents/carers in a non-discriminatory way.
The ability to prioritise a case load / work load, to be able to use line management supervision appropriately, to understand its purpose and importance and to be able to work as an effective member of a social work team.

Our client puts their people first, which is why they provide you with everything you need to make your job easier:
-Great location with easy links to central London
-Competitive pay and benefits
-Effective management

We operate a £200 referral scheme and have more roles than you can imagine. Give us the name of a friend or colleague and once placed into a new role, get yourself £200.

To hear more about this exciting prospect, get in touch today by calling Becky Dewis on ing

Don’t forget…Eden Brown offers a £200 referral bonus for Social Workers. If this role isn’t for you but you know someone suitable, ask them to get in touch. £200 could be on it’s way to you!
Plus an extra £500 payment for the 5th referral.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.