Southwark Council are looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Safeguarding and Family Support Service.

This is a Full-Time Locum Social Work role.

About The Team:

You will be working with families, where children are supported by Child in Need, Child Protection and Looked after Children plans, which could also been in pre-proceedings or care proceedings.

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide a comprehensive, effective, integrated, systemically-informed social work service, within Southwark’s practice framework, managing complex cases.
• To deliver excellent social work practice, assessing complex need, planning and working purposefully with families, support networks and other professionals to manage risk, safeguard children and promote positive outcomes.
• To provide a social work service which is both relationship based and which responds in a timely manner within statutory guidelines.
• To work collaboratively with the team, supporting the development of best practice and confident practitioners through coaching and mentoring of students, newly qualified social workers and less experienced practitioners.

About You:

• Knowledge of childcare legislation, statutory guidance and working together to safeguarding children A full understanding of child development, parenting capacity, environmental factors and risk and protective factors.
• Car Driver and Access to a vehicle is desirable.
• BA(Hons) in Social Work and to be registered with Social Work England (SWE).

What’s On Offer?

• £38.50p/h
• Hybrid Working
• “Good” Ofsted rated LA

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