Senior Social Worker – Children in Care Team – Essex County Council

Location: Essex County Council
Pay: up to £39 per hour
Office Working: 3 Days per week
Contract: Locum

We are currently working with Essex County Council to find an experienced Social Worker for their Children in care team in Childrens Services. With a stable management team and a mostly permanent workforce, Essex are looking for someone with solid experience to be able to pick up a caseload and support their service.

Duties

•    Manage a caseload of Children in Care, supporting their well-being, stability and progress against Care Plans
•    Completing statutory visits within required timescales
•    Long term engagement with families, including direct work with children and young people, ensuring the child’s voice is captured
•    Preparing high-quality reports for LAC reviews
•    Undertaking proceedings and court work
•    Leading multi-agency working with education, health, and partner agencies – such as foster carers, and residential providers
•    Supporting the transitions of children leaving care, including pathway planning
•    Undertake all Child Protection work from the initial conference onwards

What you need

•    Social Work Qualification
•    Social Work England registration
•    Enhanced DBS (provided by us)

Why use us?

At Sheldon Phillips, you are not just a number on a board, you are someone we get to know, creating a personal job search that is as individual as you are. Our expert team are trained to ensure that your needs are met, our compliance procedures are quick and efficient, while making sure you find the job you really want.

If you are interested in this Senior Social Work role in a Children in Care team in Essex, give Ellis Russell a call on 07519750074 or email erussell@sheldon-phillips.com