Registered Social Worker 

Job Category:   Social Care Qualified

Job location: County Hall, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP151GA
United Kingdom
Monmouthshire County Council
Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £29.24 per hour

•  To manage a caseload to include complex and diverse cases, involving assessments, reviews and the preparation of reports and court attendance, to effectively meet the needs of the client group.
• To work in a flexible and imaginative way to provide support and advice for children, young people, their families and carers in accordance with the principles of the 1989 Children’s Act.
• To complete quality assessments of individuals and families; analysing strengths and risks.
• To formulate plans to meet assessed needs and risks building on strengths of children, families and carers.
• To implement agreed plans to safeguard children and to increase the capacity and resilience of their parents and/or carers.
• To undertake office duty and respond to crises, as and when required.
  
   
• To assist in developing the existing services for children, their families and carers and to help shape future services.
  
   
• To work as part of a team and thereby contribute to the development of the service.
  
   
• To supervise students, where appropriate.
• To initiate and develop effective working relationships with foster carers as professionals. 
  
   
• To initiate and develop effective working relationships with partner agencies.
  
   
• To develop own professional skills through supervision sessions and through undertaking appropriate training and development.
• To maintain awareness of changes in legislation, related policies and practices and implement these within own professional practice.
  
   
• To maintain accurate records, which are up-to-date.
  
   
• To work in a flexible way, if the need arises, so that tasks not specifically covered in the job description are undertaken.
• To maintain safe working practices for self and others, in accordance with the authority’s policy statement on Health and Safety at Work.