Candidate will have experience in child protection and care proceedings.

The individual must have at least 3 years’ experience of working with long-term child protection and assessment work.
The individual must have experience in completing, single assessments; risk assessments; s47 investigations; child protection planning; viability assessments; parenting assessments and courtwork both within the public and private sector.
To hold and manage a caseload including Children in Need, Child Protection and Looked after Children as allocated by the Team Manager or Advanced Social Work Practitioner
To meet the social work needs of children, young people, their families and carers by assessing, arranging, co-ordinating, providing and monitoring plans for children with multi-agency partners to ensure good timely outcomes for children and young people.

Adoption work and completion of Child Permanence Reports are integral to the role and thus the candidate MUST have experience across the board.

Social Worker Child Protection Team