Social Work Advisor

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Heathrow Travel Care Full time

**Social Work Advisor (Child Welfare and Safeguarding)**

**Location**: Westminster

**Salary**: £36,720 per annum

**Closing Date**: 9am Thursday 22nd December. Applications submitted after 9am deadline will not be accepted.

**Interview Date**: Thursday 12th January 2023 - In person in Westminster

The organisation currently has an exciting opportunity for a Social Work Adviser (Child Welfare and Safeguarding) to join them, based at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in Westminster, seconded from the HTC airport social work team.You will join them on a full-time, 2-year contract (extendable upon mutual agreement) and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £36,720 per annum, plus benefits.

**The Role**

The role of Social Work Adviser (Child Welfare and Safeguarding) is to enable the FCDO to offer advice and assistance to vulnerable British nationals known to the UK Consular Network.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Providing advice, support and guidance to consular assistance staff in London and staff based overseas on child safeguarding social work issues for British nationals
- Working jointly with the consular child policy unit (CPU) to review child-related cases and policy
- Working collaboratively with the social work advisor team to review cases and relevant policy
- Investigating, signposting, planning with consular staff who are working with British nationals to provide specialist children and families advice to the consular staff
- Referring 'meet and assist’ cases to relevant service providers at UK ports
- Undertaking the risk assessment of cases
- Ensuring policy, guidance and training are inputted to the consular staff on older person issues
- Building and maintaining links with relevant assistance NGOs & travel partners via outreach work
- Building and maintaining links with Consular Regional Directors
- Covering for the Social Work Adviser team as required
- Recording all cases on a secure consular information network and monthly reporting to HTC
- Maintaining international outreach - there may be opportunities for international travel to support FCDO staff abroad

**HTC (1 day per month)**
- Working within the airport crisis team at Heathrow
- Advising and assisting a wide variety client groups
- Being part of a unique and interesting social work environment
- Participating in emergency preparedness and response at Heathrow
- Continuing professional development

**Role Requirements**
- 2 years’ recent statutory social work experience
- Recent experience of working directly with children and families to statutory standards
- Experience of direct work, working with the impact of trauma and ensuring safeguarding is always prioritised
- Experience of making and recording risk assessments, including Safe Lives RIC and other evidence-based assessment tools
- Experience of problem-solving under time pressure
- Experience of prioritising casework according to risk and need
- Working knowledge of child safeguarding procedures within Local Authorities
- An understanding of child safeguarding policy
- The ability to work effectively in partnership with other agencies
- The ability to make clear recommendations on how to address risk and need based on professional judgement and experience.
- The ability to recognise signs that a child may not be meeting developmental milestones, has been harmed or is at risk of harm
- The ability to advocate for children and young people, to ensure they receive organisational focus, resource and support as appropriate

**To Apply**
- You must be legally able to work in UK. Security clearance is required for this role. You must have been resident in the UK for a least 2 of the previous ten years, at least one year of which must have been a consecutive 12-month period and you musthave resided for at least 3 consecutive years in one country. All applicants should be aware that a lack of sufficient background information may preclude an applicant from being granted security clearance._

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