Social Worker - Children and Families Galashiels   £16 - £24 per hour + travel expenses

Qualified Social Worker - Children and Families

We have an immediate opportunity for a Qualified Social Worker with experience in statutory children and families social work to start as soon as possible in the South East of Scotland. The post is offered on a 3 month contract on a 36 hours a week basis.

Our client is looking for experienced and qualified children and families social workers to undertake the following: -
To receive referrals
To undertake initial assessment of the referrals received
To undertake statutory functions in relation to child protection referrals and registrations
To undertake statutory function in relation to young people who are looked after
To participate in the duty rota for Children & Families referrals
To build positive, co-operative working relationships with practice team staff and to engage effectively with outside agencies.
To participate in care plan reviews, planning meetings and case conferences as required.
To contribute to Practice Team meetings and staff development sessions.
To maintain case records in accordance with agency expectations.
To participate in supervision which will be offered on a regular basis.
To become familiar with the local authorities policies and procedures
To promote equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice in all aspects of work.
To undertake any other appropriate duties as determined by the Social Work Director or his nominee.


THE COMPANY

The Social Care Community Partnership


EXPERIENCE

Ideally applicants should have at least 1 years UK post qualifying experience within a children and families social work context and have a proven ability in carrying out initial assessments, IERs and social background reports. One of the posts also requires the successful applicant to undertake duty work.
Applicants MUST possess a relevant qualification in Social Work e.g. DipSW, CCETSW, Degree or Masters in Social Work and be willing to arrange a face to face appointment to register with one of our Consultants or Care Managers at our office based in Loanhead - other arrangements can be made if this is not possible.
The successful applicant must also have current registration with the Scottish Social Services Council or General Social Care Council, and possess a recent PVG Scheme Record through Disclosure Scotland, this can be applied for through our agency.

About The Social Care Community Partnership.
The Social Care Community Partnership is Scotland's premier social care recruitment agency, sourcing and placing both qualified Social Workers and Social Care professionals throughout Scotland and the rest of the U.K. Established in 2006 quality is built into everything we do; from day to day recruitment and selection processes, to The Social Care Community Partnership employees and to the Local Authorities, Government bodies and Third Sector/Non Governmental Organisations that we work with. The client groups we work with range from Children and Families, Adults, Disabilities, Youth Offending and more. We recognise that our Social Care professionals make daily decisions that affect the lives of thousands of vulnerable people, hence our primary objective is to ensure, thorough vigorous screening and in depth compliancy checks we guarantee quality in every placement we make. For our clients we provide recruitment solutions for temporary and permanent staff with recruitment processes designed to support those ad hoc hard to fill vacancies or large volume recruitment campaigns. The Social Care Community Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

Job Reference:   sm0512cfsb

Closing Date:     03-Aug-2012

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