Job Title: Social Worker
Location: Dorset Council, North Dorset Locality / 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 North Dorset Locality. 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.
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