Children's Social Worker - CLA & CP/CWD - Knowsley

Children's Social WorkerTeam: CLA & CP/CWDLocation: KnowsleyRate: £40.24

CLA and CP/CWD and Care Leavers require dedicated time to develop good practice for Social Workers in line with the practice standards and outside of the role of a Team Manager who is completing the QA work, supervisions and day to day oversight such as legal meetings, court, strategy requirements. Therefore the 2 additional capacity workers based in the office at least 4 times per week will allow for quality practice to be focused at a service level with practitioners.

We want to support Local Authorities to be confident in being transparent about where things could have been done better, so that they can take the right action to improve practice in future. There will always be significant risks when making decisions about child protection. Our focus is on how well these risks to children are managed.

Equally, we did not and do not expect each and every family to receive the same level of intervention. Proportionality is key, as the ILACS evaluation now sets out. It is not possible, or indeed appropriate, that every family gets an intensive response.

The 2 ATMs will be experts in what GOOD looks like, they’ll have a proven track record in guiding staff through transformations, whilst streamlining processes, and fostering an innovative culture. They’ll ensure high standards of practice across our Children Social Care teams, with policies and procedures being following and practice standards being implemented.

They will have experience in:

• leadership and management skills to motivate a team of social workers.
• the ability to analyse complex information and make informed decisions
• the ability to understand trends from research and apply them to practice improvements
• change management skills to ensure successful implementation of new initiatives
• the ability to stay up to date with best practice and new developmentsWhat they’ll do:
• engage in quality assurance initiatives and implement new policies to improve outcomes for children and families.
• track the impact of initiatives to ensure continuous improvement.
• carry out audits and reviews of policies and procedures to quality gaps whilst implementing development initiatives for social workers based on learning from audits.
• stay up to date with evolving regulations and the outcomes of local and national safeguarding reviews.
• provide support to ensure staff understand and follow new policies and processes including use of group supervision.

Work with Team Managers to prepare for inspections and develop learning from them!