Social Worker - Looked After Children

at  Sanctuary Health

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 600+ reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Leeds.
Team/Specialism: Looked After Children
Pay Rate: £35 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time

REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOCIAL WORKER:

• Degree or equivalent in social work
• Current Social Work England registration
• Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services

• Carrying out Looked after Children reviews
• Ensuring Child Protection procedures are adhered to
• Working with cases in care proceedings
• Undertaking risk assessments
• Putting in place multi agency plans for children returning to their families
• Devise multi agency child protection plans
• Undertake direct work with children
• Undertake Life story work with children to address emotional contact needs and to achieve permanency
• Attending family group conferences
• Keeping up to date case recordings
• Report writing
• Preparing reports and presenting them to panels
• Undertaking Kinship assessments
• Preparing Care Plans
• Writing court reports and giving evidence in court
• Meeting timescales in line with legislation
• Carrying out core assessments
• Planning and prioritising my case load
• Completing statutory visits
• Preparing pathway plans