Family Safeguarding (Social Work Qualified)

Hybrid - Family Safeguarding (Social Work Qualified) - West Sussex Council

Salary: £30.00 Per Hour
Hours: 37
Working Schedule: Monday to Friday
Contract: 8 Months
Location: Arun Civic Centre, BN17 5LF

Job Details

The expectation is that workers will be office based during duty week, the role is a mixture of office/hybrid but we are preferring office based but there is flexibility to work at home.

You must be a car driver and be happy to drive around the western area of the county to fulfil the role requirement.

You MUST be able to demonstrate a minimum of 3 years post-qualified experience working in direct employment within LA children’s social care in England.

As a Children’s Social Worker you will be at the forefront of assessing need and risk for vulnerable children and their families.

You will be responsible for achieving positive change and improved outcomes by undertaking high quality assessments, care planning and, as appropriate, child protection investigations, to prevent the separation of children from their families where possible.

You will ensure that children and young people are adequately protected in line with our policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

Requirments.

To be an experienced worker with at least 2/3 years experience.

Recent Front line – child protection work

Good assessment skills that are able to identify risk

Direct work with children to be able to identify their needs

Good multi agency working experience.