Qualified Social Worker – Fostering

Overview

Our client Suffolk County Council is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Fostering team.

Responsibilities

• Communicating and engaging with children, young people and their families, with colleagues and with communities.
• Work directly with children, young people and families using the Suffolk Signs of Safety and Wellbeing framework.
• Where required by the role, act as Lead Professional for named families, being the key contact with the family and liaising with other professionals to provide a joined-up response. Assessment, Planning and Review.
• Use Suffolk signs of safety principles, disciplines, and tools. Where required, participate in CAF, multi-agency assessment, Statutory Assessment, and other relevant assessment processes.
• To work alongside children, young people, parents and families where there are early signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues to bring about sustainable improvement.
• Where required by role, take responsibility for managing cases and holding appropriate levels of risk, overseeing the input of support workers where involved.
• Work within the service guidelines, statutory guidance, and legal frameworks.
• To respond to needs identified with the family by identifying and delivering evidence-based interventions as required.
• To work with families with complex problems where statutory intervention is required under the guidance of senior Social Worker, Lead Professional or Health Colleagues as appropriate.
• Engage in individual and group supervision with managers and practice leads.
• Where the role requires, to mentor and/or supervise junior colleagues or students and facilitate individual and group supervision with team members.
• Reporting and Accurate Recording: maintain up to date records and data using electronic systems as directed and provide reports as required.
• Contribute to ensuring successful completion of Quality Assurance processes within the team.
• Information, Advice and Signposting: provide information and signposting for children, young people, and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.
• Multi-Agency and Partnership Working: actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality.
• Managing Risk and Safeguarding: identify risk and safeguarding concerns and escalate immediately where appropriate.
• To undertake other tasks allocated by manager or senior colleagues, in keeping with the responsibilities of the grade.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Qualified Social Worker with appropriate registration and eligibility to practice.
• Experience with safeguarding, fostering, and inter-agency collaboration is preferred.
• Strong communication, assessment, and interpersonal skills; ability to work with children, young people and families, and to liaise with multi-disciplinary teams.

Benefits and Additional Information

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Equality and Safeguarding

Remedy Social Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

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