Advance Practitioner/Social Worker

Advance Practitioner/Social Worker

Social Worker – Up to £46.464 annually
Advance Practitioner – Up to £47,420 annually

Barnsley Council are looking for 5 Social Workers and 4 Advance Practitioners to join their Children and Young People Team as a permanent member of staff.

Responsibilities:

Work in partnership with children, young people, and their families/carers and, through building effective relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making. Communicate skilfully and confidently in complex or high-risk situations, applying an understanding of the benefits and limitations of partnership work.
Undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy, and procedures for the service. Anticipate, assess, and manage risk to children and young people in more complex situations and produce high quality assessments.
Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people, families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service.
Manage a complex workload independently, establishing a network of internal and external colleagues from whom to seek advice and expertise. Model and help others with effective workload management skills.
Make pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection, and career development and to meet the objectives of Professional Development Reviews.
Maintain accurate, up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures. Produce succinct, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements.
Pro-actively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people, families/carers in order to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people.
Play a positive role in practice development within the team, through mentoring and modelling good practice in assessment, interventions, inter- professional and inter-agency work.
Meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework, Experienced Social Worker level, and of registration with the Health Care Professions Council in respect of practice standards, conduct and professional development.

Why work with We do Social Work?

New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly.
Twice weekly payroll
Free DBS and compliance service
Your own dedicated friendly consultant with extensive social work knowledge
Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK

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We Do Social Work is an equal opportunities employer and is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. 

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