As a Social Worker within the Referral and Assessment Team, you will have proven experience encompassing the skills and knowledge in working with families. The role will work effectively within a team environment, supporting colleagues and sharing good practice related to interventions and work in an agile way. Your responsibilities will include:
Supporting children and young people by undertaking child protection investigation alongside safety and consistency planning.
Responsible for holding a mixture of cases including complex cases and short term Child in Need cases.
Building strong and respectful working relationships with families, their support network and our partner agencies.
Assessment writing, direct work with children and families, threshold application, home visits, direct work, care planning, chairing meetings and case recording in line with our policies and procedures.
Formulate care plans in partnership to create child focused plans and maintain case records capturing the young person's voice.
Complete short term work to meet needs and prevent long term involvement.
Actively taking part in reflective supervision and group supervision.
The Referral and Assessment team works directly with families in their time of crisis which helps to prevent escalation of concerns, to be able to effectively deliver this you will need the following qualities:
An effective communicator.
Resilient worker, able to work effectively in a team or on your own, taking ownership and responsibility for the cases you are assigned.
Confident and competent with relevant statutory and regulatory framework and have knowledge of an appropriate range of professional interventions.
Evidence of championing inclusion and diversity whilst making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people.
Solution focused person with the ability to deal with sensitive issues.
Achieving for Children (AfC) is a community interest company (a not-for-profit social enterprise) created in 2014 by the Royal Borough of Kingston and the London Borough of Richmond to provide their children’s services. In 2017, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead joined AfC as our third owner.
We deliver the full range of children’s services for the three councils. Achieving for Children is a great place to work for those looking for a new challenge. Our offer to you includes:
A role in an organisation that is supportive
An induction offer that starts before you join and includes a welcome event on your first day of employment.
29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after two years and 35 days after four years
Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
Hybrid or mobile working and the technology and equipment to facilitate this
Positions available in three of the most desirable boroughs in the south - discrete relocation packages are available for selected roles
Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards
Two days accredited Signs of Safety Foundation Training
12 protected Development Days each year for all staff
Access to a huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership
On occasions we are in the position to offer some additional financial payments for particularly hard to place roles in selected service areas of AfC.
If you would like to have an informal chat about working with us, please email recruitment@achievingforchildren.org.uk