Social Worker Children's Services

Location Sefton
Salary £26 - £29 per hour
Discipline
Looking for social work practitioners who are able to undertake work across our social work teams including child in need, child protection, children in care and children with disability.

  1. Hold and effectively manage a complex and varied caseload with appropriate supervision, guidance and support, reflecting the function of the team and Children’s Social Care in accordance with policy, procedures, guidance and legislation.

  1. Undertake work within legislative frameworks including the preparation of written statements and representations to the judiciary at Court hearings.

  1. Be accountable for complex decision making in relation to caseloads ensuring professional judgement, evidence based tools, critical reflection and analysis to inform this.

  1. Model critical reflection and evidence based decision making and support others in developing these.

  1. Demonstrate a critical knowledge of the range of theories and models for social work intervention with individuals, families, groups and communities and the methods derived from them.