Social Worker - Connected Persons/Kinship Team

Opus people solutions on behalf of Peterborough City Council have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to their Connected Persons/Kinship Team

Job Title: Social Worker - Connected Persons/Kinship
Length of assignment: 3 Month
Hours per week: 37
Hourly rate: £34ph
Location: Sand Martin house in Peterborough
Remote/Office based:Expectation to come into the office 2 x per week (flexible)

Work in partnership with children, young people and families/carers and, through building effective relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making.

Undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy, and procedures for the service and in the context of assessing risk to children and young people.

Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people, families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service.

Manage a workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload

Participate in the out of hours Foster Carers Support Line rota providing essential guidance and advice to the Fostering Community in Peterborough. This requires liaising with the Council’s Emergency Duty Team and timely recording of activity undertaken on the carers and child’s electronic records.

Engage in regular supervision and participate in regular performance reviews through the Our Conversations process. Make pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development and to meet the objectives.

If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Social worker experience and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.