Role: Senior Social Worker

Team: Intervention Team

Contract: Temp

Grade: M1

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Senior Social Worker on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children and Learning department in the Children with Disabilities Team

About the Role

Receive and co-ordinate complex referrals, undertake the resulting assessments/devising care plans, arranging action and reviewing services for children and families, including influencing the direction of future services.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will be responsible to:

• Carry a caseload of complex cases requiring a high level of professional skill, providing assessment, care management and other social work services relevant to the needs of the most vulnerable/at risk children and families. Provide intense direct work with Children with Learning Difficulties.

• Under the direction of the Team Manager, using professional skills and experience to provide practice management to team members to ensure compliance with national and departmental policies, procedures and quality standards.

• Undertake research, training and development activities as required for the department and for the post holders'' own professional development.

• As and when agreed by the Team Manager, undertake the role of practice teacher for students undergoing professional training who are on placement in the Department.

• In consultation with the Team Manager and with other Team Managers who will assume Management responsibility for the Team, provide cover for some day to day duties during periods of annual leave or other absences of the Team Manager.

• When necessary and subject to accreditation, carry out, when required the role of practice teacher foe students on professional qualifying courses.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant professional qualification, e.g.: Dip SW, CQSW,
• Registered with the Social work regulator.
• Able to work with complex and challenging cases, where there may be issues of vulnerability and risk with minimum supervision.
• Able to communicate effectively (orally and in writing) and work with service users, which will include children and with a wide range of other professionals.
• Able to maintain high quality records, write clear, concise reports and correspondence dealing with complex issues.
• Able to maintain high quality records, write clear, concise reports and correspondence dealing with complex issues.
• Able to represent the Agency in court or a similar setting.

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.