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Tempting Recruitment are working alongside our client, a Local Authority, who are looking to recruit an experienced Children’s Social Worker to join their team based in the Southampton 
  
JOB DETAILS

• PAY RATE: £34 -£36 per hour
• WORK TYPE: Temporary
• WORK PATTERN: Full Time
• LOCATION: Southampton 

  
JOB SUMMARY
The Social Worker is responsible to provide reliable effective social work help and intervention to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need so that children maintain a reasonable standard of health and development, receive reasonable parenting, and have a sense of permanence. Where a child is disabled take action to minimise the effect of their disabilities so they have the opportunity to lead lives as normal a life as possible.

JOB DESCRIPTION
The duties and responsibilities of the role will include:  

• Work with foster careers, special guardians, prospective adopters and other people who are looking after someone else’s children, so that children’s needs are met and that they are able to live as normal a life as possible, understand their journey to their placement, are making good progress in terms of their health, development and education, and are prepared for their transition to adult life.
• Show consistent effective child centered practice with children at the center of professional assessment, planning, intervention and review activity, and their views and wishes (appropriate to their age and understanding) are sought and used to understand the child’s world and shape the level of intervention and type of help offered.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
The successful candidate will have the following skills and competencies:

• Be a registered Social Worker with the Health Care Professions Council, understand organisational context (KSS CFP 10) able to meet the standards of proficiency for social workers, the standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and standards for continuing professional development.
• Experience of carrying out a social work role in a multi-cultural community, maintaining appropriate and professional boundaries.
• Listen to the views, wishes and feeling of children and families and help parents and carers understand the ways in which their children communicate through their behaviour.

Please be advised that only candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review.
HOW TO APPLY
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