Children's Social Worker Child Protection Court

Children's Social Worker Child Protection Court About the job Children's Social Worker Child Protection Court We are looking for experienced Social Workers to help us on our improvement journey. Come and join us on our Restorative Journey of Improvement to gain the best for children and families in Herefordshire. Working within the Child Protection Court Team you will thrive bringing your knowledge and experience to these face-paced teams. You will work closely with colleagues from multiple professions to ensure that the voice of the child is always heard. You will be fully qualified (DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent), with a minimum of 2 years experience in statutory social care. Confident in managing a complex caseload, with strong report and experience of taking the stand and giving oral evidence you will be dedicated to improving the lives of children and families within Herefordshire. The main role of the job is to contribute to the safeguarding and support for children and their families who are in need of services. It includes contributing to the management and professional supervision of a team of social workers and ensuring effective use of all delegated resources. Maintain continual professional development in social work practice. Use professional skills and experience to provide supervision and practice management to team members to ensure compliance with national and departmental policies, procedures and quality standards. Support team members to further their professional knowledge and development to improve the overall quality of practice. Performance management of staff Liaise regularly with peer colleagues throughout the Directorate to ensure social work staff deliver existing and new practices consistently and to a high standard across the Directorate. To contribute to the professional development of team members,by undertaking particular responsibilities with regard to less experienced staff andby advising other staff on particular areas of case management To assist in the investigation of complaints within the Departmental Representation and Complaints Procedure. Plan, implement and evaluate the outcomes of social work interventions with children and young people Develop effective working partnerships with those with parental responsibility, carers and significant others in the life of the child or young person. Provide leadership and performance management to secure the following outcomes, to: Ensure safeguarding standards are agreed, understood, implemented and monitored throughout; Ensure that assessments are completed within the statutory timescales and are of a high analytical quality; Ensure there is equity of access and opportunity to be healthy, safe and to learn and achieve for all children open to the team; Promote the voice of the child and ensure all children and young people’s plans are robust, SMART and are in a language that the children and their families will understand; Ensure that planning of service and team development takes account of assessed need and results of regulatory inspections, where relevant; Ensure children, young people and their families are routinely involved in evaluating and developing services to meet their needs; Effectively manage performance issues and review the process through appropriate departmental policy and procedures; Qualifications and Training A recognised social work qualification and registered as a social worker with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Evidence of continual professional development e.g. Substantial diverse experience working with children and families. Experience of managing duty systems and team building work. Providing consultation, mentoring and developing qualified staff/Social Work Assistants or equivalent. Working knowledge of procedures relating to Looked After Children, Children in Need and Children in Need of Protection. Expertise and understanding of child development and attachment theory. Good understanding of relevant Government policy. Ability to undertake high quality assessments of need and risk assessments. Ability to assess effectively the performance and development needs of social work staff. Support the development of appropriate training. Contribute to research and monitoring of agency functioning and effectiveness. Ability to travel freely in and out of the county Willingness to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service. #