Social Care 2023-01-18 15:15:54
Contract, Temporary
£20.44/hour Range 3-5
Buckinghamshire
Children and Family Worker | Buckinghamshire
Children and Family worker
Based in Buckinghamshire – Aylesbury, High Wycombe
(Hybrid Working)
You must have a social work qualification and full SWE registration as well as relevant experience to be considered
Pay rate up to £16.07ph (Worker Pay Range 3-5)Job Description:
Service Area Children's Social Care Location Aylesbury, High Wycombe
and Amersham
Job Purpose
To provide direct support and advice to clients, their careers and families with a range of complex and challenging
needs and to support the work of the team.
Main Responsibilities and Duties
Range 3
Support/organise or provide practical support to clients
Provide basic coaching and enablement support to clients
Liaise with colleagues and other agencies to support clients with a range of complex needs and theirfamilies/carers.
Monitor and report on clients' circumstances.
Organise and maintain records and documents using the appropriate process/ system.
Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the Safeguarding requirements within thearea of responsibility.
Range 4
Identify eligible client needs and organise services to meet those needs by direct and/or third partyprovision of advice and support.
Monitor, support and review need and services provided for clients, their carers/families.
Liaise and work in partnership with BCC professional care groups and external agencies such as GPs,health agencies, emergency services as appropriate.
Monitor and report on clients' circumstances to the standards required.
Organise and maintain confidential records, reports assessments and other documents using theappropriate process/ system.
Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the Safeguarding requirements within thearea of responsibility.
Range 5
Conduct assessments of clients' circumstances and issues to determine intervention.
Plan and implement interventions and actions for allocated cases. Monitor and review cases andundertake less complex casework. Assist in more complex cases under supervision, or where appropriate
shadowing experienced colleagues.
Coordination and/or provision of interventions such as advice, guidance and direct support andtherapeutic interventions to clients.
Multi-professional liaison to gather and provide information, to support clients and co-ordinateinterventions where required.
Organise and maintain confidential records, reports assessments and other documents using theappropriate process/ system. Prepare standards reports as required.
Research information to support services to client groups.
Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the Safeguarding requirements within thearea of responsibility.
Other Requirements Essential Desirable:
We expect your behaviours to reflect the values of the organisation:
Ambitious about what's possible
Accountable for our actions and decisions
Caring in our approach
Collaborative in the creation of solutionsPlus, we expect you to model the Children's Social Care values and focus on:
Keeping children and young people's lived experiences at the heart ofeverything we do
Working collaboratively with and for our children and families, acknowledgingtheir contribution and building on their strengths
Remaining passionate about keeping children safe and well and making apositive difference every day
Making sure that everyone's voice is heard, including children, families, ourstaff and partners, so that we work reflectively, openly and with integrity
Assuring the quality of practice and managing our performance to informservice improvement and development
Access to / use of a vehicle is an essential requirement.
Ability to travel to a number of diverse locations across the county within the working
day.
This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Due to the
sensitive nature of the duties the post holder will be expected to undertake a criminal
record check as part of the recruitment process.
To be considered, it is essential that you have a recognised Social Work qualification (Social Work Degree or Diploma in Social Work) and full Social Work England registration as well as recent or significant relevant experience in a similar role.
Apply immediately to be considered
If you are interested in discussing this position in more detail please call Raiza Romney at Caritas Recruitment on (phone number removed)
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