Social Worker - Court Team

Location
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £38.00 per hour
Reference HQ00114518_1606401161

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time within a Court Team based in York. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £38 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 6-month contract.

Main Duties:

  • Carry out Core Assessments, pre-birth assessments, risk assessments
  • Carry out Section 47 Child protection investigations
  • Write Statements for court
  • Complete Section 7 and 37 reports for court
  • Represent the authority in court to give evidence
  • Carry out home visits for monitoring purposes and to safeguard children
  • Keep up to date case recordings
  • Convening and chairing core group meetings
  • Liaising with other professionals
  • Carry out joint investigations and interviews with the police
  • Initiating and seeing through care proceedings
  • Implement and reviewing Care Plans
  • Supervise contact
  • Write case conference reports
  • Attend case conferences and strategy meetings
  • Complete Child in Need plans

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's Services

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Liam Burgess; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.