Social Worker Blandford/Dorset

Job Title: Social Worker

Location: Blandford

Social Worker in Permanence/Children in Care (CiC)

Job Overview:

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Social Worker to join our team in the Dorset. This role focuses on working directly with children in care (0-18 years), advocating for their needs, ensuring their voices are heard, and engaging in permanence planning.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Work directly with children in care, advocating for their needs and ensuring their voices are known.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of children's needs.
• Undertake safeguarding enquiries and develop permanence plans.
• Engage in reunification assessment and care planning.
• Apply trauma-informed knowledge and experience to support children in crisis.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including the Children Act, Working Together, and Care Planning.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Advanced knowledge of legislation for Children in Care, including Care Planning.
• Significant experience in direct work/life story work with children and young people.
• Advanced skills in assessing children's needs and undertaking safeguarding enquiries.
• Experience in reunification assessment and care planning.
• Trauma-informed knowledge/experience.
• Flexibility to support children in crisis.
• Ability to work with complexity such as reunification, court processes, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Dols), and positive risk-taking.
• Strong assessment skills.
• Experience in supporting children in care or transferable skills.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

• The ideal candidate will have a robust background in working with children in care, demonstrating strong advocacy, assessment, and planning skills. They should be adept at managing complex cases involving court processes and positive risk-taking, and knowledgeable about the relevant legislative frameworks.

Please Apply below or call us on 0121 270 8878.

Email us at team.admin@medicopartners.com