JOB-20240819-db742659

Social Worker - Children in Care (CIC) Team

Job Title: Social Worker - Children in Care (CIC) Team
Specialism: Social Worker - Children's Services
Salary: £39.00 per hour
Contract Type: Ongoing, Part-Time / Full-Time

About the Role

This is an excellent opportunity to progress your social work career within a dedicated Children in Care (CIC) Team. As a Social Worker, you will play a key role in improving outcomes for children and young people who are looked after, ensuring their safety, stability, wellbeing, and long-term positive outcomes. This role offers flexibility, competitive hourly pay, and the opportunity to work within a supportive and child-focused service.

Key Responsibilities

As a Social Worker within the Children in Care Team, your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a caseload of children and young people who are looked after, ensuring effective assessment, planning, intervention, and review.

• Developing and implementing robust Care Plans, Pathway Plans, and Permanence Plans that promote stability, emotional wellbeing, and positive long-term outcomes.

• Acting as the lead professional for children in care, coordinating multi-agency involvement and ensuring statutory timescales are met.

• Building meaningful relationships with children and young people, ensuring their wishes, feelings, and lived experiences inform all decision-making.

• Working collaboratively with foster carers, residential staff, and placement providers to promote placement stability.

• Preparing high-quality assessments, care plans, reports, and court documentation, including reports for Looked After Reviews and legal proceedings.

• Attending and contributing to Looked After Reviews, Child Protection Conferences (where applicable), court hearings, and multi-agency meetings.

• Supporting children and young people through key transitions, including placement moves, permanence planning, and preparation for independence.

• Identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns, ensuring appropriate risk assessment and multi-agency intervention.

• Maintaining accurate, timely, and high-quality case records in line with council policies and data protection requirements.

• Participating in supervision, team meetings, training, and continuous professional development.

• Contributing to service development, quality assurance activity, and inspection preparation as required.

Person Specification

We are seeking candidates who have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England.

• Experience working with children in care within a statutory setting.

• Strong knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and r