Social Worker - Children in Care Team

JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Social Worker - Children in Care Team
Specialism: Social Worker - Children
Location: Havering, UK
Salary: £37.52 per hour

Social Worker within the Children in Care Team in Havering, earning £37.52 per hour. This exciting ongoing locum opportunity offers both part-time and full-time flexibility, providing the chance to play a vital role in supporting looked after children and young people. Working within a dedicated Children's Services team, you will ensure children receive high-quality care, stability, and support while promoting positive outcomes throughout their journey in care.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Children's Social Worker looking to make a lasting difference while benefiting from the flexibility, variety, and professional rewards that locum work provides.

Perks and benefits:

• Part Time / Full Time: Choose a working pattern that fits around your lifestyle and personal commitments.

• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £37.52 per hour, rewarding your expertise and dedication.

• Flexible Locum Lifestyle: Enjoy the freedom and variety that locum work offers while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

• Professional Development: Access ongoing learning opportunities to further develop your skills and enhance your career progression.

• Diverse Experience: Broaden your expertise by working across a range of cases and care planning pathways.

• Networking Opportunities: Build strong professional relationships with colleagues, carers, and partner agencies.

• Meaningful Impact: Make a real difference in the lives of children and young people by helping them achieve safety, stability, and positive futures.

What you will do:

• Manage a caseload of looked after children, ensuring high-quality statutory social work services are delivered in line with local authority policies and procedures.

• Undertake statutory visits, assessments, reviews, and care planning activities to ensure children's needs remain central to all decisions.

• Develop and implement child-centred care plans that promote safety, wellbeing, stability, and positive outcomes.

• Promote permanence planning through reunification, long-term fostering, adoption, special guardianship, or preparation for independence where appropriate.

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with children, young people, families, and carers to encourage active participation in care planning.

• Prepare high-quality assessments, court reports, care plans, and professional statements.

• Work collaboratively with foster carers, schools, health professional