Children's Senior Social Worker Court Wakefield £35

Children's Senior Social WorkerTeam: CourtLocation: WakefieldRate: £35

This role is for a Court Team.

The team is responsible for managing cases whereby children are subject to care proceedings.

Experience of court work is essential.

To provide a high quality and comprehensive social work service to children and young people,their families and carers in line with the policies and procedures of the Children and YoungPeople’s Directorate and within regulatory and statutory guidelines, the Knowledge and SkillsStatement for Child and Family Work and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)Code of Practice.

To contribute to a wide range of statutory social work activities and carry out professional socialwork tasks in accordance with recognised social work procedures, Signs of Safety, evidencebased practice and professional social work ethics.

This is an experienced social worker role with specific responsibilities for managing a caseloadof higher levels of complexity. This will include assessment of needs and the management ofrisk regarding children, young people, their families and carers.Senior social workers will be expected to maintain and update case notes and other records,write reports as required and give evidence in court in relation to care or other proceedings.

They will be expected to provide casework advice, support and guidance to other teammembers and contribute to the planning and developing of future services and policies, whilstpromoting innovative ways of developing support to service users. The role will include thesupervising of students and the development of the practice learning setting, including providingsupport and guidance to newly qualified social workers within the team as required