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Our client, Southwark Council, is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Childrens Services.
Purpose of the Job:
- To provide a comprehensive, effective, integrated, systemically-informed social work service, within Southwark's practice framework.
- To deliver excellent social work practice, assessing complex need, and planning and working purposefully with families. To support networks and other professionals to manage risk, safeguard children and promote positive outcomes.
- To provide a social work service which is both relationship based and which responds in a timely manner within statutory guidelines, working collaboratively with the team.
Responsibilities (in line with Knowledge and Skills Statements for Children's Social Workers)
- Work directly with families to provide focused and purposeful systemically-informed social work within Southwark's practice framework, with explicit aims and objectives about desired outcomes which are proportionate to each child's identified risk and need.
- Manage screening of cases and produce informative Mash Intelligence Checks on cases of domestic abuse; neglect; exploitation and other thematic issues for families.
- Ability to manage referrals in a timely manner. The team works at Sumner Road where this parking available to staff.
The Social Workers would need to be in the office at least one full week in four and then Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week.
Benefits of working with Remedy
- A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
- Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
- Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
- Double payrolls each week.
*Terms & Conditions apply
You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.
Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.
