Children’s Social Worker – Safeguarding and Care Planning

Salary: £44.4 per hour

Children’s Social Worker – Safeguarding and Care Planning – Bromley – £37ph

mbi Medical are pleased to be working with Bromley Council in sourcing a Children’s Social Worker to join their Safeguarding and Care Planning team.

The Role

Flexible working: Since COVID-19 the service have implemented a flexible working approach.

Social workers will be expected to visit their children and families face to face however social workers are not required to come to the office and are able to currently work from home.

Caseloads: Between 15 – 20 Expenses: Locums are able to claim back mileage from their place of work to visits (this does not include travel from home to work).

The service also have work oyster cards that can be provided.

The Safeguarding & Care Planning Service (East & West) work with children & families following transfer from the Referral & Assessment Service, which occurs if a child/young person is made subject to a Child Protection Plan, care proceedings have been initiated, Children who are assessed as Children in Need at Tier 2.5 or Tier 3 on the Bromley Safeguarding Continuum of Need and Intervention are also worked within the service to prevent and support interventions to children & their families.

The aim is to minimise the need for high threshold interventions (child protection) and ensure children & young people are effectively safeguarded and their needs are met, once this has been achieved they can be ‘stepped down’ to CAF and Early Intervention services identified along with a Lead Professional.

The teams work with and support parents to prevent their children becoming accommodated.

They work closely with partner agencies to safeguard those children who are in need of protection and to implement the child protection plan to effect the necessary changes.

Those children/young people who continue to be at risk will be subject to a legal planning meeting to decide whether the threshold has been met to initiate legal proceedings (care proceedings) within the Public Law Outline.

With appropriate supervision, assess for and provide services to children in need within the framework of the appropriate legislation, regulations, departmental procedures and child care policy.

To ensure that services are efficiently and effectively provided, liaising as necessary with other divisions, Council Departments, N.H.S. trusts, schools, carers, voluntary and independent sector providers.

To maintain high standards of professional practice within their own workload and to promote and enhance such practice within the team and division.

All post holders are expected to maintain professional standards of practice and to work in accordance with the Departmental vision, values, procedures and managerial guidance.

To manage a caseload of children and families, including:

Undertaking, contributing to and participating in core assessments, in partnership with the child, parents, other family members and professionals as appropriate in accordance with the Dfes. Assessment Framework.

Implementing Child Protection and LAC Procedures as and when required

Facilitating the provision and co –ordination of appropriate services

Working with families and children and young people to reduce the need for accommodation or care proceedings

In line with the Every Child Matters agenda, working in partnership with colleagues in other agencies to develop and provide a range of interventions for families and children and young people.

Working within the Borough’s child protection guidelines to:

Undertake investigations under Section 47s on allocated and duty cases as required.

provide reports as required for child protection case conferences, children in need meetings, permanency meetings, child care reviews and in court processes. This may include giving evidence in Court.

Undertaking responsibilities towards children looked after by the authority, including:

Contributing to and assisting in the progression of care plans for Looked After Children in line with the Children and Families Divisions guidelines.

Ensuring that procedural requirements with respect to consultation and recording are adhered to

make recommendations to the Assistant Team Manager or Group Manager (or other budget holder as appropriate) regarding financial expenditure entailed in care plans and to undertake delegated financial responsibilities.

To undertake appropriate training and to maintain a knowledge of changes to departmental procedure, legislation and regulations and of developments in professional practice.

To promote Equal Opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice in all areas of work within and outside the Council, in line with legislation and Council policy.

To undertake any other duties as may be required commensurate with the grading of the post in order to meet the changing needs of the service.

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