Social Worker - Assessment Team

Job Overview

Our Assessment Teams are lively and fast-paced. We're a team who have a passion for ensuring that children, young people and families in our community receive a positive and timely service. The work is rich, varied and allows for a high level of multi-agency working, often to tight timelines. The nature of our work means that you see positive outcomes quickly.

Day-to-day responsibilities of a Social Worker in Assessment include:

• Act as the lead professional and ensure all matters in respect of safeguarding are dealt with promptly, effectively and in line with child protection procedures, escalating where necessary.
• Undertake assessments to identify and respond to needs, building on strength and ensuring that analysis is robust and leads to clear outcomes that can be met through SMART targets.
• Engage with children, young people, and their families to develop effective and empowering relationships which facilitate change and improve outcomes.
• Produce reports and plans for a variety of forums, including court, which are child focussed and reflect their experience.

Experience

• A recognised qualification in Social Work
• Social Worker England Registration
• Previous experience in a social work setting is highly desirable
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are crucial for effective documentation and collaboration with colleagues.
• Driving License and Car

Benefits

• Wellbeing package
• A relocation package of up to 8,000 (eligibility applies)
• A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills
• Scalable retention payments
• Refer a Friend Scheme

If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Social worker experience and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.