Childrens Senior Social Worker – Family Support

Purpose and Objectives of the Job

• Undertaking direct work with children, young people and their families focusing on particularly complex problems which require advanced practice skills.
• Taking responsibility for the development of specific areas of professional social work practice, including the initiation and development of appropriate policy and procedures for approval by the Head of Service.
• Producing high quality reports and assessments for the courts and other specialist assessments as standalone, independent documentation without having case holder responsibility for such cases.
• Supporting and promoting the development and maintaining of high standards of professional practice both within the team and service.
• Becoming competent in undertaking and leading on various evidence‑based specialist assessments across the service.
• Supporting, supervising and mentoring staff including those on various programmes such as ASYE and practice placements.

Principal Duties

• Act as a senior member of the team and assist and deputise for the Practice Manager in decision making and direction of assessments and actions, including chairing strategy discussions, initiating and overseeing Section 47 enquiries and other complex meetings as directed by the service needs.
• Undertake direct work with children, young people and their families focusing on particularly complex problems which require advanced practice skills.
• Produce high‑quality court reports and assessments in cases where such reports are required by a practitioner other than the case‑holder to ensure a sense of independence.
• Undertake case audits and reviews and assist the team in ensuring that it carries out its core tasks to a high standard.

Quality of Practice

• Act as a senior member of the team and assist and deputise for the Practice Manager in decision making and direction of assessments and actions, including chairing strategy discussions, initiating and overseeing Section 47 enquiries and other complex meetings as directed by the service needs.
• Undertake direct work with children, young people and their families focusing on particularly complex problems which require advanced practice skills.
• Produce high‑quality court reports and assessments in cases where such reports are required by a practitioner other than the case‑holder to ensure a sense of independence.
• Undertake case audits and reviews and assist the team in ensuring that it carries out its core tasks to a high standard.

Communication and Engagement

• Promote good standards of customer care, ensuring service‑user, carer and parental participation and that their views and experiences are considered in service delivery, including effective complaints handling that meets statutory requirements, and user consultation via partnership working so that effective engagement with all service users and partners can be evidenced.
• Contribute to the development of policies, procedures, quality standards, performance indicators and best practice in line with the Children’s Social Care Performance Framework, ensuring that these are sensitive to minority and disadvantaged groups.
• Participate in case file and supervision auditing activity across the service (and with partners) in accordance with the Children’s Social Care Quality Assurance Framework, to ensure the highest possible standard of social work and other safeguarding practice.

Organisational and Personal Development

• Support the induction of new members of staff and social‐work students that respond to the nine domains and required competencies of the PCF and KSF.
• Contribute to both the delivery and design of the Children’s Social Care Workforce Development Strategy, as well as corporate, in‑service and multi‑agency training programmes.
• Provide expert training, guidance and support to social workers (including those on the ASYE programme) and liaise with other advanced practitioners to ensure that such training and support is delivered in the most effective way.

Equal Opportunity and Application Requirements

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions. Remedy Social Care is an 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‑opportunity employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnicity or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

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