Child and Family Worker - Bognor Regis, United Kingdom - WSCC

WSCC

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Bognor Regis, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Opportunity

The role will require you to undertake assessment work and interventions with children and their families who may have complex needs.

In your role, you will contribute to assessment and planning processes for the children in the team's care. You will also manage a caseload with supervision.

This role will require you to carry out direct work with families in a variety of settings and you will need to interpret complex information to assist the families in your care.

Accurate record keeping and the ability to produce written correspondence is essential.

About you
Just some of the key skills and experience that you will require to carry out the role successfully include:

Good communication and interpersonal skills enabling you to present information clearly and to successfully persuade others to take a specific course of action.
Analysis and interpretation skills to manage casework and put in to practice a range of interventions to support the children and families in your care.
Knowledge and understanding of children and young people and ageappropriate behaviour.
Experience of providing advice and guidance to others.
Experience of working in a multiagency setting and building relationships.
Engage and empower the children and families you are supporting to gain the best outcomes.
Prioritise and manage your workload and maintain accurate records.
Sound and accurate IT skills to enable report writing amongst other written communications.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

About us
We are committed to improving our services for the children and families we support in West Sussex.

In May 2023 Ofsted Inspectors praised West Sussex County Council's Children's Services for its 'relentless approach to improving practice,' giving the service an overall rating of 'requires improvement', with 'good' judgements for children in care and leadership and management.

The judgements on children needing help and protection and children leaving care are they 'require improvement to be good'.

Inspectors recognised the 'strong, determined and cohesive leadership team' who have made significant improvements since 2019 and their commitment and focus to make further improvements.

For further information about us and about working in Children's Social Care at West Sussex County Council, please visit
Careers in children's social work in West Sussex.

The Children With Disabilities service (CWD) works with disabled children, their families, educational settings, respite providers, healthcare providers and partner agencies to help ensure that every disabled child is supported to achieve their potential.

Children with disabilities can be disadvantaged within mainstream settings, whether it is through limitations of access, communication, medium of presentation or intellectual content - ability to think outside the box and use creative adaptions is often required to ensure their right to inclusion, participation and contribution.

Further information
The reference number for this role is
CAFHE05187.

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Job Reference:
CAFHE05187