Advanced Practioner - Assessment & Intervention - Havering - 40ph Mbi Medical are pleased to working with Havering Council who are on the look out for a Advanced Practioner to join there Assessment & Intervention team. Job Purpose - The Intervention and Support Service (ISS) works with children, young people and their families where there is an identified need for ongoing intervention. - We work with looked after children, children on child protection plans and those on child in need plans. We also conduct all of the legal proceedings work. - We place a strong emphasis on permanency and focus on the principle that, wherever possible, we should preserve continuity of a social worker for children. The service places a strong emphasis on stability whether that can be achieved through good parenting within the family, or through a stable placement outside the family. - We have eight teams, all including Social Workers, Advanced Practitioners, and ASYE Social Workers. The focus remains on keeping families together or maintaining stability. - The service is overseen by eight Team Managers, two Group Managers and the Head of Service. While also being supported by an integrated Business Support Service, our Systemic Family Therapists, as well as internal and external partners. What You Need? - 5+ years children services experience. - 2+ years supervisory experience. - Social Work England Registered. - Enhanced DBS. - Available within 1 week of interview.
May 17, 2024
Contractor
Advanced Practioner - Assessment & Intervention - Havering - 40ph Mbi Medical are pleased to working with Havering Council who are on the look out for a Advanced Practioner to join there Assessment & Intervention team. Job Purpose - The Intervention and Support Service (ISS) works with children, young people and their families where there is an identified need for ongoing intervention. - We work with looked after children, children on child protection plans and those on child in need plans. We also conduct all of the legal proceedings work. - We place a strong emphasis on permanency and focus on the principle that, wherever possible, we should preserve continuity of a social worker for children. The service places a strong emphasis on stability whether that can be achieved through good parenting within the family, or through a stable placement outside the family. - We have eight teams, all including Social Workers, Advanced Practitioners, and ASYE Social Workers. The focus remains on keeping families together or maintaining stability. - The service is overseen by eight Team Managers, two Group Managers and the Head of Service. While also being supported by an integrated Business Support Service, our Systemic Family Therapists, as well as internal and external partners. What You Need? - 5+ years children services experience. - 2+ years supervisory experience. - Social Work England Registered. - Enhanced DBS. - Available within 1 week of interview.
Advanced Practitioner, Senior Practitioner, Child Protection, Family Support, Southend, Permanent Your new company Children Services Our vision is A Southend Where All Children Achieve Success . By joining Southend City Council as an Advanced Practitioner, you will be key in making our vision a reality for all children. You will be joining a service where we demonstrate with pride that: All paths lead back to the child. We spend time getting to know each child and their story. We do what we say we're going to do. We work with the whole family. No matter what, we aim to make things better. You will provide support to work to the highest standard using our model of practice, Restorative Practice, to deliver the vision. You will access a professional social work development offer that has been designed by social workers, whatever stage you are at in your career. You will be given regular restorative supervision and separate supervision focussing on development and evidencing your SWE registration. We want everyone to take the lead in an area of interest for your team, and you will explore this with your line manager. We have posts in a number of teams, so please contact our recruitment partner, Hays, to discuss the teams we are currently recruiting too. Your new role Southend-on-Sea City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent Advanced Practitioner to join their Family Support & Protection Team. Within this position, hybrid working opportunities are available. However, a flexible approach is needed as you will be required to be on site and to travel around the city. This position attracts the added incentive of a one-off payment of £7,500, after you have been employed in this post for 3 years and 1 day! The successful candidate will provide professional and comprehensive casework to a caseload of children and young people, some of which will be complex and sensitive cases; all will require the highest of professional standards and in depth knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation and practice methods. You will undertake responsibility for some areas of work in the day to day running of the team, including supervision of identified team members. You will provide consultation on casework and contribute to the development of colleagues within the team and, where appropriate, the wider service by virtue of being an experienced and reliable practitioner. If you are a person who is passionate and highly motivated about developing services within a health and social care perspective, we would want to hear from you. In return, we will offer professional supervision; appraisal and regular training. What you'll need to succeed To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification, be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE. You must have evidence of continuing professional development including management skills training, knowledge of child protection, children looked after and associated children in need of social work practice issues. A broad and consistent range of experience of working with cases of child abuse, looked after children, children in need and court work. What you'll get in return Pension : Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations. Leave Entitlements: We offer our employees a generous leave entitlement from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service (Continuous service). Southend-on-Sea City Council also offer a range of flexible working and family-friendly leave. We also offer paid time off to allow employees to undertake volunteering activities Here at Southend-on-Sea City Council we also offer our employees free access to a benefit portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items, including: Bicycles, cars, electronics and gym membership. The portal also provides access to a range of discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities. Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge - you could be the candidate we are looking for. What you need to do now I f you a re interested in this role, please click 'apply online' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. To request a copy of the Job Description/Person Specification for this role, please contact Nathalie via email Please note: Applications for this vacancy may close prior to the date advertised above, so you are advised to apply as soon as you are able to. #
May 15, 2024
Full time
Advanced Practitioner, Senior Practitioner, Child Protection, Family Support, Southend, Permanent Your new company Children Services Our vision is A Southend Where All Children Achieve Success . By joining Southend City Council as an Advanced Practitioner, you will be key in making our vision a reality for all children. You will be joining a service where we demonstrate with pride that: All paths lead back to the child. We spend time getting to know each child and their story. We do what we say we're going to do. We work with the whole family. No matter what, we aim to make things better. You will provide support to work to the highest standard using our model of practice, Restorative Practice, to deliver the vision. You will access a professional social work development offer that has been designed by social workers, whatever stage you are at in your career. You will be given regular restorative supervision and separate supervision focussing on development and evidencing your SWE registration. We want everyone to take the lead in an area of interest for your team, and you will explore this with your line manager. We have posts in a number of teams, so please contact our recruitment partner, Hays, to discuss the teams we are currently recruiting too. Your new role Southend-on-Sea City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent Advanced Practitioner to join their Family Support & Protection Team. Within this position, hybrid working opportunities are available. However, a flexible approach is needed as you will be required to be on site and to travel around the city. This position attracts the added incentive of a one-off payment of £7,500, after you have been employed in this post for 3 years and 1 day! The successful candidate will provide professional and comprehensive casework to a caseload of children and young people, some of which will be complex and sensitive cases; all will require the highest of professional standards and in depth knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation and practice methods. You will undertake responsibility for some areas of work in the day to day running of the team, including supervision of identified team members. You will provide consultation on casework and contribute to the development of colleagues within the team and, where appropriate, the wider service by virtue of being an experienced and reliable practitioner. If you are a person who is passionate and highly motivated about developing services within a health and social care perspective, we would want to hear from you. In return, we will offer professional supervision; appraisal and regular training. What you'll need to succeed To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification, be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE. You must have evidence of continuing professional development including management skills training, knowledge of child protection, children looked after and associated children in need of social work practice issues. A broad and consistent range of experience of working with cases of child abuse, looked after children, children in need and court work. What you'll get in return Pension : Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations. Leave Entitlements: We offer our employees a generous leave entitlement from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service (Continuous service). Southend-on-Sea City Council also offer a range of flexible working and family-friendly leave. We also offer paid time off to allow employees to undertake volunteering activities Here at Southend-on-Sea City Council we also offer our employees free access to a benefit portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items, including: Bicycles, cars, electronics and gym membership. The portal also provides access to a range of discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities. Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge - you could be the candidate we are looking for. What you need to do now I f you a re interested in this role, please click 'apply online' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. To request a copy of the Job Description/Person Specification for this role, please contact Nathalie via email Please note: Applications for this vacancy may close prior to the date advertised above, so you are advised to apply as soon as you are able to. #
The starting salary for this role is currently £35,401 per annum based on a 36-hour working week. A further financial package of £6,000 also available on completion of ASYE. We are currently welcoming Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) to join us as we start to build our NQSW cohort for 2024. Surrey is a large and vibrant county that borders with Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. We have opportunities to join a range of teams which are located across the county: Based in Weybridge in Northeast Surrey we have our North Adolescent Hub, Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding or Intensive Family Support teams to choose from. Based in Reigate in Southeast Surrey, we have our East Adolescent Hub, Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding, Intensive Family Support or Fostering Teams to choose from. Based in Guildford in Southwest Surrey, we have our Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding or Intensive Family Support teams to choose from. Based in Woking in Northwest Surrey, we have our West Adolescent Hub, Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding, Intensive Family Support or Children With Disabilities teams to choose from. Our Adolescent Hub and Children With Disabilities teams also work across the South West area of Surrey. We are currently remodelling our Adolescent Service, we will be able to provide further details about these teams and their locations upon request. You will be required to travel to the office where your team is based to undertake work with children, young people and families, to attend meetings and training as required. When not working with our children and families in the community, we support agile working with a combination of home and office working. We are keen to get the balance right of providing flexibility whilst maximising learning opportunities for you and responding to service needs. NQSWs will have access to: A comprehensive ASYE Academy Induction programme and Team Induction. Allocated Advanced Social Worker as ASYE Assessor, in addition to the operational Team Manager. Graduated Supervision offer with increased support in the first six months. Graduated workload reaching a 90% allocation by the end of programme. Monthly one-to-one or group reflective supervision with ASYE Assessor. Our Children's Quality Practice and Performance Service to develop skills in social work practice. Monthly ASYE Learning Events focusing on Post Qualifying Standards (KSS). Two days a month Protected Development Time. Community Care inform, Research in Practice, and Care Knowledge learning platforms. Surrey Safeguarding Children's Partnership training programme. A secure SharePoint hub for collaborative working and access to up-to-date resources. 28?days annual leave, rising to 30?days after 5?years' service (plus bank holidays) Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year Paternity, adoption and dependant's leave A generous local government salary related pension Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year We pay your Social Work England registration fee for any registration period when you are employed with us. Our Surrey Children's Services Academy ASYE programme for Newly Qualified Social Workers is a 12-month programme designed for you to embed learning from your studies and placements and to develop your professional skills and confidence for a career in frontline social work. The programme is well resourced and supported by a capable team of experienced social work staff and managers. You can expect regular reflective supervision from your Team manager and ASYE Assessor who will guide and support you to develop your knowledge base across various functional areas of practice. In September 2023 Skills for Care, in their quality assurance report reflected that: "NQSWs at Surrey are active participants, throughout the life of the programme. From the moment of onboarding, the wellbeing of NQSWs is prioritised". We are rightly proud of the feedback from Skills for Care and equally keen to support the 2024 cohort of NQSWs in the same way. Upon successful completion of your ASYE there will be an opportunity to progress your career with Surrey and tap into our Post-Qualifying Year 2 programme. For shortlsiting your application will clearly evidence the following: You hold a Social Work qualification such as a Degree, Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work (or will be about to obtain any of these) You are (or will be) registering with Social Work England and have permission to work in the UK following your studies Your experience of working with children, young people and their families, e.g. voluntary work / transferable work experience skills / social work placements etc That you qualified within two years of the NQSW cohort commencing in October 2024 (If you qualified earlier than?October 2022?your application will not be considered) The job advert closes at 23:59 on the 29th of May 2024 with shortlisting planned for W/C the 3rd of June 2024. Face to face interviews are planned for W/C the 17th of June and 24th June 2024. We are committed to promoting supportive and inclusive recruitment. If your application is shortlisted, interview questions/ themes will be shared with you in advance, to help support with your preparations. Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where: The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application.The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form.
May 12, 2024
Full time
The starting salary for this role is currently £35,401 per annum based on a 36-hour working week. A further financial package of £6,000 also available on completion of ASYE. We are currently welcoming Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) to join us as we start to build our NQSW cohort for 2024. Surrey is a large and vibrant county that borders with Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. We have opportunities to join a range of teams which are located across the county: Based in Weybridge in Northeast Surrey we have our North Adolescent Hub, Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding or Intensive Family Support teams to choose from. Based in Reigate in Southeast Surrey, we have our East Adolescent Hub, Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding, Intensive Family Support or Fostering Teams to choose from. Based in Guildford in Southwest Surrey, we have our Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding or Intensive Family Support teams to choose from. Based in Woking in Northwest Surrey, we have our West Adolescent Hub, Assessment, Children Looked After and Leaving Care, Family Safeguarding, Intensive Family Support or Children With Disabilities teams to choose from. Our Adolescent Hub and Children With Disabilities teams also work across the South West area of Surrey. We are currently remodelling our Adolescent Service, we will be able to provide further details about these teams and their locations upon request. You will be required to travel to the office where your team is based to undertake work with children, young people and families, to attend meetings and training as required. When not working with our children and families in the community, we support agile working with a combination of home and office working. We are keen to get the balance right of providing flexibility whilst maximising learning opportunities for you and responding to service needs. NQSWs will have access to: A comprehensive ASYE Academy Induction programme and Team Induction. Allocated Advanced Social Worker as ASYE Assessor, in addition to the operational Team Manager. Graduated Supervision offer with increased support in the first six months. Graduated workload reaching a 90% allocation by the end of programme. Monthly one-to-one or group reflective supervision with ASYE Assessor. Our Children's Quality Practice and Performance Service to develop skills in social work practice. Monthly ASYE Learning Events focusing on Post Qualifying Standards (KSS). Two days a month Protected Development Time. Community Care inform, Research in Practice, and Care Knowledge learning platforms. Surrey Safeguarding Children's Partnership training programme. A secure SharePoint hub for collaborative working and access to up-to-date resources. 28?days annual leave, rising to 30?days after 5?years' service (plus bank holidays) Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year Paternity, adoption and dependant's leave A generous local government salary related pension Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year We pay your Social Work England registration fee for any registration period when you are employed with us. Our Surrey Children's Services Academy ASYE programme for Newly Qualified Social Workers is a 12-month programme designed for you to embed learning from your studies and placements and to develop your professional skills and confidence for a career in frontline social work. The programme is well resourced and supported by a capable team of experienced social work staff and managers. You can expect regular reflective supervision from your Team manager and ASYE Assessor who will guide and support you to develop your knowledge base across various functional areas of practice. In September 2023 Skills for Care, in their quality assurance report reflected that: "NQSWs at Surrey are active participants, throughout the life of the programme. From the moment of onboarding, the wellbeing of NQSWs is prioritised". We are rightly proud of the feedback from Skills for Care and equally keen to support the 2024 cohort of NQSWs in the same way. Upon successful completion of your ASYE there will be an opportunity to progress your career with Surrey and tap into our Post-Qualifying Year 2 programme. For shortlsiting your application will clearly evidence the following: You hold a Social Work qualification such as a Degree, Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work (or will be about to obtain any of these) You are (or will be) registering with Social Work England and have permission to work in the UK following your studies Your experience of working with children, young people and their families, e.g. voluntary work / transferable work experience skills / social work placements etc That you qualified within two years of the NQSW cohort commencing in October 2024 (If you qualified earlier than?October 2022?your application will not be considered) The job advert closes at 23:59 on the 29th of May 2024 with shortlisting planned for W/C the 3rd of June 2024. Face to face interviews are planned for W/C the 17th of June and 24th June 2024. We are committed to promoting supportive and inclusive recruitment. If your application is shortlisted, interview questions/ themes will be shared with you in advance, to help support with your preparations. Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where: The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application.The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form.
QSW Children in Care - Social Worker Your new role To provide a high quality and effective professional casework service, taking responsibility for working and managing a caseload within a framework of appropriate supervision, dependent upon the complexities of these cases and the social worker's experience. To comply with legislation, statutory guidance and local policies and procedures. To be competent in all areas of the PCF at Social Worker level and The Knowledge and Skills Statement (KSS) for approved child and family practitioners. What you'll need to succeed EXPERIENCE Demonstrable experience of working with children and families Ability to use 'Signs of Safety' or a willingness to be trained Demonstrable experience in relationship and strengths based practice, working collaboratively with children and their families. Demonstrable experience of undertaking direct work with children and young people. Demonstrable experience in child protection, looked after children and court work.Demonstrable experience and understanding of permanence planning, with evidence of experience working with cases from proceedings through to adoption and other forms of permanence. KNOWLEDGE Ability to use advanced theoretical/practical/procedural/ organisational /policy knowledge across a specialist area Knowledge and experience of working with vulnerable children in a statutory setting. Knowledge and experience in the application of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards and local policies and procedures. Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the application of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models and research findings. Ability to demonstrate awareness of legislation relating to General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of Information. SKILLS Demonstrable ability to build sound, productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other staff. Demonstrates assessment skills and analysis of relevant information and develops multi agency SMART plans to improve outcomes for children and young people using evidence based practice. Engages effectively with children and families and has experience of using different tools and methodologies to communicate with children and young people. Ability to maintain accurate and up to date case records in a timely manner. Ability to write good quality written reports which are suitable for a variety of professional settings.Ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information, developing strategies and solutions for the medium and long term. Ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of audiences.Competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages as well as an electronic integrated children's system (eg: MOSAIC or similar) Ability to practice effectively and competently with an increasing level of autonomy and independence.Ability to make good quality judgements and sound decisions in situations of increasing complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge, and be able to effectively explain and justify decisions.Ability to evidence use of relationship building and strengths based practice in assessments and interventions with children and their families.Ability to carry out tasks which impacts on the wellbeing of people, including assessing needs, implementing care/welfare, implementing regulations, providing guidance on internal procedures and interpreting policies and procedures to meet specific circumstances or problems. Ability to work under pressure and manage time and workload effectively. Ability to work within a court settings and other professional settings. Ability to work effectively as part of a team to achieve team and service plan objectives and targets. Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times. Demonstrable ability to build sound, productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other staff. Demonstrates assessment skills and analysis of relevant information and develops multi agency SMART plans to improve outcomes for children and young people using evidence based practice. Engages effectively with children and families and has experience of using different tools and methodologies to communicate with children and young people. Ability to maintain accurate and up to date case records in a timely manner. Ability to write good quality written reports which are suitable for a variety of professional settings. Ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information, developing strategies and solutions for the medium and long term. Ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of audiences. Competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages as well as an electronic integrated children's system (eg: MOSAIC or similar) Ability to practice effectively and competently with an increasing level of autonomy and independence. Ability to make good quality judgements and sound decisions in situations of increasing complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge, and be able to effectively explain and justify decisions. Ability to evidence use of relationship building and strengths based practice in assessments and interventions with children and their families. Ability to carry out tasks which impacts on the wellbeing of people, including assessing needs, implementing care/welfare, implementing regulations, providing guidance on internal procedures and interpreting policies and procedures to meet specific circumstances or problems. Ability to work under pressure and manage time and workload effectively. Ability to work within a court settings and other professional settings. Ability to work effectively as part of a team to achieve team and service plan objectives and targets. Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times. What you'll get in return Competitive salary (dep. on experience) + market premia + annual retention payment! Stabilise your career - there are lots of opportunities for career progression and development and opportunities to move in house to various teams.Competitive salaries (based on exp.) and excellent company benefits.CPD.Huge opportunity for newly qualified social workers on completion of your ASYE! Supportive and very knowledgeable teams that offer ongoing support, with stable senior teams What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. #
May 11, 2024
Full time
QSW Children in Care - Social Worker Your new role To provide a high quality and effective professional casework service, taking responsibility for working and managing a caseload within a framework of appropriate supervision, dependent upon the complexities of these cases and the social worker's experience. To comply with legislation, statutory guidance and local policies and procedures. To be competent in all areas of the PCF at Social Worker level and The Knowledge and Skills Statement (KSS) for approved child and family practitioners. What you'll need to succeed EXPERIENCE Demonstrable experience of working with children and families Ability to use 'Signs of Safety' or a willingness to be trained Demonstrable experience in relationship and strengths based practice, working collaboratively with children and their families. Demonstrable experience of undertaking direct work with children and young people. Demonstrable experience in child protection, looked after children and court work.Demonstrable experience and understanding of permanence planning, with evidence of experience working with cases from proceedings through to adoption and other forms of permanence. KNOWLEDGE Ability to use advanced theoretical/practical/procedural/ organisational /policy knowledge across a specialist area Knowledge and experience of working with vulnerable children in a statutory setting. Knowledge and experience in the application of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards and local policies and procedures. Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the application of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models and research findings. Ability to demonstrate awareness of legislation relating to General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of Information. SKILLS Demonstrable ability to build sound, productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other staff. Demonstrates assessment skills and analysis of relevant information and develops multi agency SMART plans to improve outcomes for children and young people using evidence based practice. Engages effectively with children and families and has experience of using different tools and methodologies to communicate with children and young people. Ability to maintain accurate and up to date case records in a timely manner. Ability to write good quality written reports which are suitable for a variety of professional settings.Ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information, developing strategies and solutions for the medium and long term. Ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of audiences.Competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages as well as an electronic integrated children's system (eg: MOSAIC or similar) Ability to practice effectively and competently with an increasing level of autonomy and independence.Ability to make good quality judgements and sound decisions in situations of increasing complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge, and be able to effectively explain and justify decisions.Ability to evidence use of relationship building and strengths based practice in assessments and interventions with children and their families.Ability to carry out tasks which impacts on the wellbeing of people, including assessing needs, implementing care/welfare, implementing regulations, providing guidance on internal procedures and interpreting policies and procedures to meet specific circumstances or problems. Ability to work under pressure and manage time and workload effectively. Ability to work within a court settings and other professional settings. Ability to work effectively as part of a team to achieve team and service plan objectives and targets. Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times. Demonstrable ability to build sound, productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other staff. Demonstrates assessment skills and analysis of relevant information and develops multi agency SMART plans to improve outcomes for children and young people using evidence based practice. Engages effectively with children and families and has experience of using different tools and methodologies to communicate with children and young people. Ability to maintain accurate and up to date case records in a timely manner. Ability to write good quality written reports which are suitable for a variety of professional settings. Ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information, developing strategies and solutions for the medium and long term. Ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of audiences. Competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages as well as an electronic integrated children's system (eg: MOSAIC or similar) Ability to practice effectively and competently with an increasing level of autonomy and independence. Ability to make good quality judgements and sound decisions in situations of increasing complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge, and be able to effectively explain and justify decisions. Ability to evidence use of relationship building and strengths based practice in assessments and interventions with children and their families. Ability to carry out tasks which impacts on the wellbeing of people, including assessing needs, implementing care/welfare, implementing regulations, providing guidance on internal procedures and interpreting policies and procedures to meet specific circumstances or problems. Ability to work under pressure and manage time and workload effectively. Ability to work within a court settings and other professional settings. Ability to work effectively as part of a team to achieve team and service plan objectives and targets. Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times. What you'll get in return Competitive salary (dep. on experience) + market premia + annual retention payment! Stabilise your career - there are lots of opportunities for career progression and development and opportunities to move in house to various teams.Competitive salaries (based on exp.) and excellent company benefits.CPD.Huge opportunity for newly qualified social workers on completion of your ASYE! Supportive and very knowledgeable teams that offer ongoing support, with stable senior teams What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. #