CSW - Senior Social Worker / Advanced Practitioner - Children in Care (Grade J)
Barnet Council
Role
Who You Are
An experienced social worker who can demonstrate creative and analytical thinking and share our passion in achieving the best for our looked after children. You will have recent experience of working as a case holder for Looked After Children and have excellent skills in developing and implementing timely and effective care plans and pathway plans with children and young people to achieve permanency and stability in their placements.
What the job involves
You will have a thorough understanding of risk assessments, safety planning and working with partners to keep our children and young people safe. Working directly with a varied caseload of children in care from a few months old to 18 years old and supporting them through their journey as their corporate parents. You will be supporting children and young people through your assessments, care planning and life story work. You will also be responsible for developing challenging and creative ways of working and thinking with children in care and support them to develop their independence to progress their transition to the care leaving service in order to achieve outstanding outcomes.
Skills
- Creative and analytical thinking
- Experience with Looked After Children
- Care plan development and implementation
- Risk assessment and safety planning
- Collaboration with partners
- Supporting independence transition