Details:
- Salary: £35 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Dudley West Midlands (County)
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Senior Social Worker - Care Management - Dudley - £35ph
Mbi Medical pleased to be working with Dudley council who are on the look out for a Senior Social Worker to join there care management team.
Job Purpose
- Contribute to the delivery of an effective children’s social care service as part of a social work team, improving outcomes for children and young people.
- Manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases, utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs assessments, care planning, and child protection investigations.
- Carry out high quality assessments, using child-centred, community focused, and multiagency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships, and to secure the best outcomes for children and young people.
- Ensure children and young people are adequately protected in line with Dudley LSCB, departmental policy and procedures, and relevant legislation.
Knowledge & Skills
- Demonstrates current knowledge of professional social work practice.
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the social work task.
- Demonstrates experience and understanding of key legislation.
- Skills in assessment, critical analysis and decision-making.
- Demonstrates evidence-based practice in social work assessments, decisions and interventions.
- Ability to communicate effectively in all formats.
- Ability to accurately record information in accordance to statutory requirements and timescales.
- Ability to prioritise conflicting demands.
- Ability to plan and effectively evaluate interventions and outcomes.
What You Need?
- Over 5+ years post qualified social services experience.
- Social Work England registered.
- Enhnaced DBS.
- Available within 1 week of interview