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Qualified Social Worker for Child Protection

Randstad Care
Posted 6 hours ago, valid for 24 days
Location

Enfield, Greater London EN2 0BY

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position involves conducting assessments under the Children Act to address safeguarding concerns and ensure children's needs are met.
  • Candidates must have at least 3 years of post-qualification experience and previous management experience in child safeguarding services.
  • The role includes preparing detailed reports, chairing Looked After Children reviews, and managing complex cases with heightened safeguarding risks.
  • A strong understanding of mental health factors affecting child development and skills in multi-agency collaboration are essential.
  • The salary is competitive, and the position offers numerous training opportunities and benefits, including discounts and personal support.

Responsibilities include:

  • Conduct thorough assessments under the Children Act to identify and address safeguarding concerns and ensure children's needs are met.
  • Prepare detailed reports that accurately reflect assessment findings, case updates, and recommended interventions.
  • Chair Looked After Children (LAC) reviews, ensuring that care plans are responsive to each child's current and future developmental needs.
  • Maintain a strong understanding of mental health factors and their impact on child development, applying this knowledge in assessments and intervention planning.
  • Manage complex cases with heightened safeguarding risks, using a nuanced approach to address varied and challenging needs.

Requirements:

  • 3 years experience post-qualification
  • Previous management experience working within child safeguarding services
  • Skills of multi-agency working, developing child focused CP plans, understanding of dispute resolution and escalation process and challenging professional agencies.

Benefits:

  • Competitive pay
  • Tailored personal support delivered by a committed and market expertconsultant
  • Unlock a plethora of training opportunities to elevate your professional abilities
  • Enjoy 100s of high street discounts and vouchers

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.