Principal Social Worker

2 weeks ago

Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff Council Full time

Job Purpose:

  • To undertake and promote the effective assessment, care planning, intervention and review for children in need of care and support, including children in need of being looked after and/or protection, including circumstances where it is necessary for the local authority to initiate legal proceedings to safeguard children.
  • To take the role of Practice Leader, supporting and encouraging a Signs of Safety culture within the service.
  • Lead, teach and model the Signs of Safety approach as the business as usual way of working.
  • Keep children, young people and families at the heart of the work through promoting the use of Signs of Safety engagement tools.
  • To monitor and manage the performance and development of Social Workers.

Duties and Responsibilities

Job Specific

  • To take a lead in using the Signs of Safety approach to social work practice
  • To encourage and support the team in adopting the Signs of Safety approach
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of effective systems to ensure quality services to children in need and their families
  • Support the Team Manager in the identification of trends on unmet or inappropriately met needs to contribute to the annual planning and commissioning process
  • Take responsibility for complex and demanding cases, to assist people to resolve major difficulties in their lives and enhance their independence and coping skills
  • Provide a consultation role on practice issues for staff and, where appropriate, managers
  • Provide supervision, mentoring and coaching to staff and students within Children's Services as required and support other staff with students on placement to ensure good quality placements and development of the workforce
  • Work with the team manager to ensure team and staff development needs are reviewed annually and when needed and contribute to the development of the Service Development Plan
  • Contribute using Signs of Safety methodology to the delivery of team meetings, service development days and the delivery of training and briefing of colleagues in line with best practice and the Service Development Plan
  • Take responsibility for delegated decision making appropriate to the role and provide cover for the service manager/team manager roles in appropriate circumstances
  • Work with the statutory and independent sector to ensure an appropriate multi-agency approach and represent Children's Services as necessary in multi-agency forums
  • Research issues to inform and assist in the development of practice
  • Engage in Continuous Improvement activities to ensure policies and procedures always reflect Signs of Safety and best practice
  • Chair a range of meetings as appropriate, including inter-agency meetings
  • Work within current legislation and Council Policies, Procedures and Practice to assess commission and review services, including planned interventions

Corporate Requirements

  • To participate actively in supporting the principles and practice of equality of opportunity as stated in the Council's Equal Opportunities Policy.
  • To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions and to comply with all health and safety legislation as appropriate.
  • To, as a statutory duty, adhere to the Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy and associated policies and procedures and to report concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of children or adults at risk. In order to support you in this, you are required to access safeguarding training at the level which is relevant to this post.
  • As a term of your employment you may be required to undertake such other duties and/or times of work as may reasonably be required of you, commensurate with your grade or general level of responsibility within the organisation.
  • Although you will be provided with a base, you will be required to work from various locations in accordance with the needs of the role.

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