Safeguarding,care planning and children with disabilities
Social worker - Permanent
£32,000 - £42,000
Duties :
- Operating the Multi-Agency Children's Hub (MACH) as the "front door" for all new safeguarding referrals and concerns (as detailed in the previous response). This involves screening, information gathering, and initial risk assessment.
- Initiating Section 47 enquiries under the Children Act 1989 when there are "reasonable grounds to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm." This leads to a formal child protection investigation.
- Convening Child Protection Conferences if an enquiry concludes that a child is at continuing risk of significant harm. These multi-agency meetings determine if a child needs a Child Protection Plan.
- Implementing and reviewing Child Protection Plans, which outline specific actions and responsibilities for the family and various agencies to reduce risk and ensure the child's safety.
- Being a key partner in the South Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership (STSCP), alongside Redcar & Cleveland Council, Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group, and Cleveland Police. This partnership sets the strategic direction for safeguarding and ensures effective multi-agency collaboration.
- Ensuring robust policies and procedures are in place for identifying, responding to, and reporting safeguarding concerns across all council services and partner agencies.
- Providing support and guidance to professionals (e.g., via the Local Authority Designated Officer - LADO) when there are concerns about adults who work with children.
- Maintaining and publishing a Local Offer for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25. This is a comprehensive online resource providing information about education, health, and social care services, leisure activities, money and benefits, and pathways to adulthood available in Middlesbrough.
- Undertaking assessments of children with disabilities and their families to identify their needs for support and services. This includes considering the needs of parent carers and young carers.
- The EHC Plan is a legal document outlining the child's educational, health, and social care needs and the provision required to meet those needs from birth up to age 25.
Requirements :
- Clear enhanced DBS
- Social work qualifications
- Registered with social work England
What can the council offer you?
- 15% extra remuneration package paid monthly
- Relocation package of up to £8,000
- Hybrid working available - service dependant
- Development of a Social Work Academy to assist with progression plans for Social Workers
- Ability to lease electric cars via electric car scheme
- Excellent pension scheme (up to 14% match TBC)
If you are interested in this role - please reach out to Abigail on 0191211382
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
...
