Social Worker - FIT Team - Flintshire Council

Children's FIT Team - Social Worker

Pay rate in line with the All Wales Pledge - £38.15 Umbrella

Flintshire Council 

To provide a comprehensive social work service in a variety of settings within a framework of relevant legislation and procedures, supporting children, young people, families and groups within the community. Social Workers will take responsibility for a caseload according to qualifications and experience.

• To form, develop and maintain professional relationships with children and young people and their families through direct casework, supervision, shared activity and counselling, in such a way that the child/young person’s family’s needs are met.

• To provide a service, which meets primary needs, promotes development, and assists behavioural difficulties and vulnerabilities

• To identify and assess risk of abuse, failure to protect, or harm to children.

• To advise senior managers as to any concerns in respect of children/young people with particular reference to there being at risk of abuse or harm.

• To identify, contribute to and suggest ideas for good practice and its development, and to take a lead in a special area of responsibility.

• To value, recognise and respect the diversity, expertise and experience of individuals, families and carers and enable them to make informed decisions and express their needs.

• To challenge discrimination, disadvantage and other forms of inequality, injustice and oppressive practice.

• To maximise the financial and material resources available to service users and carer(s) from all possible sources and ensure value for money care packages.

• Ensure that service users and carers are aware of the Department’s Complaints procedures.

• To case manage child protection work.

• To understand the changing culture, health and social needs of the locality to inform current and future practice and service provision.

• To establish good practice by example

• To provide verbal and written information to aid care planning activities and to provide evidence for assessment of need and care plan approaches.

• To implement designated actions from care plans.

• To gather and interpret information on agreed criteria related to the care of a client or implementation of procedures.

• To lead meetings to define care planning activities and to evaluate evidence for assessment of need and care plan approaches.

• To set up mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating delegated actions from care plans.

• To derive and interpret information related to the care of a service user or implementation of procedures

• To communicate effectively and in the best interests of the client in case conferences, planning meetings, discussions with clients/families, inter-agency personnel, team members and in staff supervision.

• If required, to give evidence in court in relation to care.

• To work within established protocols, negotiate expectations/roles in liaison with others, e.g. in the key worker role / in multi agency working.

• To represent the Team as required on behalf of a service user - this includes representing individuals and the dept/team in meetings/conference.

• To attend child protection meetings.

• To appropriately challenge the judgements and decisions of others where there is evidence that the needs of those you are working with are not being met.

Benefits of working for Hoop:

• 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
• Your local agency based in Cardiff
• Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in welsh throughout your job search
• PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
• Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
• Twice weekly payroll
• Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
• Provides free on-site quarterly training sessions (Contributes CPD)
• Refer a friend scheme available
• Loyalty Bonus to QSW's
• Wellbeing sessions

To apply for this role, you will need to hold -

• A relevant Social Work Qualification
• Registration with Social Care Wales
• Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
• 3 Years of referencing
• Driving license with access to a car

Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.

Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on 02922 400519 if you want to find out more.