Hertfordshire County Council's Family Safeguarding Team West are looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their team.
The suitable candidate will need to have extensive Childrens experience with a keen interest to be a part of the "Family Safeguarding" way of working.
Working collaboratively with multi-agencies to deliver the best outcomes for children and their families.
The successful candidate will need to have a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience, ideally within frontline childrens teams.
The Family Safeguarding Teams will provide training on motivational interviewing and any other aspects required for the role.
Regular supervision will be conducted, frequency will be case "risk" dependent. Case loads are under 20 per QSW.
Parking is available on-site; free of charge.
Workers will be issued with iPads and they will have the ability to work from various "Touchdown" locations across the county.
• Experience of care planning, assessments and reviews.
• Deliver welfare reports to conferences and court hearings
About you
Motivated for challenging existing ways of working
Understand the importance of continually improving the service
Enthusiastic to engage in adopting outcomes focused and strengths based assessments.
Committed to peer support and learning, making the most of the diverse range of experiences all team members bring
Committed to safeguarding the vulnerable adult population
Experience working in a statutory Adult Social Care service
A qualified experienced level 3 Social Worker
About the Role
A significant part of the role will be to engage in informative and preventative conversations which will include outcomes focused and strengths based social work assessments and related interventions.
You will be required to manage a caseload of work organising your working hours to make best use of your time ensuring this work is balanced with the responsibilities and work demands of the team
You will build effective professional relationships with other disciplines and with other local health and social care services to enable a coordinated response to the local population.
You will share responsibility with other colleagues for the work load of the team, supporting each other to make best use of each other’s strengths, skills and knowledge in response to the adult social care demands from the local population.
There will be a requirement for all team members to contribute to a duty rota responding to urgent demands for support for individuals in a state of crisis.
In addition you will need to demonstrate a commitment to providing an effective response to safeguarding the vulnerable adult population within the local area and oversee enquiries in line with both the Care Act and local policy and procedures.
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Essential Requirements:
* Degree/Masters in Social Work and SWE registration.
* 2+ years of post-qualification experience.
* Strong knowledge of UK social care legislation and practice.
* Right to work in UK
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Salary description
£39.00 - £39.00 per hour