We currently have open position for Social Worker to join their LAC Team in Surrey County Council. This role requires a dedicated professional to provide high-quality support and services in the community, ensuring their needs are met with empathy and efficiency.
Job Title: QSW - LAC Team
Rate: £42 Umbrella
Location: Reigate
Your daily responsibilities will include:
- triage of contacts to the service to ascertain whether contacts from families, members of the community and partner organisations meet the threshold for a statutory social work assessment of significant impairment of a child's health/development or significant harm, with appropriate information from referrers and the consent of the family (except when over-ridden by a team manager to protect a child from further significant harm)
- to provide an assessment of the needs of family members, their strengths and any risks to children's health/development or significant harm to the child/ren and develop SMART plans that will meet the needs of family members and reduce risks to children, in conjunction with children and their families
- to work with partners to meet those needs and monitor progress via child in need and core group meetings involving families, young people and relevant professionals.
- to conduct child protection investigations where a multi-agency strategy discussion considers there are grounds to believe the child has or is likely to suffer significant harm and to involve families in developing plans for change which will reduce the risk of significant harm and keep children in their families wherever possible.
- where children cannot be adequately cared for within their families or their families cannot be engaged to access services that would support them to Change and the significant harm threshold is reached, to initiate discussions to seek agreement for s20 or initiate planned or emergency legal proceedings to ensure children are protected in line with departmental policy, procedures and relevant legislation.
Essential Requirements:
* Social Work Qualification - Degree or equivalent
* At least 2 years' experience as a social worker within children's services
* Social Work England Registration
* Driving license and access to own vehicle
To apply for this role, please send your CV in the first instance to Tarun Chauhan at or call on 02030471476.
Eden Brown Synergy offers a £250 referral bonus for Social Workers. If this role isnt for you but you know someone suitable, ask them to get in touch,
Eden Brown Synergy is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Synergy is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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