Role Purpose•To be the allocated Social Worker to complete assessments for children in need, including those in need of protection, children looked after, those subject to public care proceedings and, where directed by the Court, children subject to private law proceedings• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, monitoring and review functions for all allocated children and families. This post is responsible for the following services and outputs;• Statutory social work practice with children and families within a local authority team setting Main Duties / Accountabilities• To ensure compliance with your responsibilities as laid out in the council's equal opportunity policy and take an active role in promoting equality and diversity and to Harrow's diverse community. OR To ensure compliance with your responsibilities as laid out in the council's equal opportunity policy and take an active role in promoting and enabling equality of opportunity, promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of Harrow's community, ensuring equality and diversity is mainstreamed in all service/directorate activities• To ensure compliance with your responsibilities as laid out in the council's health and safety policy and take an active role in promoting a positive health and safety culture. Role Profile Template 2019• To promote and participate in the council's investors in people (IIP) and individual performance appraisal and development (IPAD) initiatives and information management best practice.• To ensure compliance with the council's information security policies and maintain confidentiality.• To adhere to the Council's CREATE values Generic Duties• To undertake all work in a manner that is responsive to legislative requirements as well as corporate and national priorities • To contribute to the formulation of the Service Plan and to be clear about Team priorities as they relate to the social work role and function.• To prepare for regular supervision and reflective practice consultations concerning casework practice and ensure that work is progressed and completed as agreed.• To contribute to regular individual performance and development consultations and undertake any necessary training and professional learning and development.• To take responsibility for ensuring that all work undertaken in connection with assessment, planning, monitoring and review functions are undertaken in an efficient and effective manner which demonstrates a positive impact and outcome for children, young people and their families.• To strive to achieve and maintain best practice standards in all aspects of the work undertaken and exercise sound professional judgements at all times.• To seek direction, advice, guidance and support whenever necessary and appropriate and to ensure that the Senior Practitioner/Team Manager is notified of any situation concerning risks about the safety or wellbeing of a child.• To be responsive to User's needs, comments, questions and complaints and co-operate with any investigation or resolution of dissatisfaction at a local level wherever possible.• To consult with the Senior Practitioner/Team Manager on all matters concerning budgets and resources.• To undertake all duties in accordance with the Council's approach to diversity.• To undertake all duties in accordance with the Council's approach to health and safety.• To comply with IT requirements in relation to User data, casework records and management security and information so that this accurately reflects the work that is undertaken.• To participate in all Team meetings, activities and initiatives relating to service delivery and developments.Team Specific / Special Accountabilities• To be conversant with operational and practice issues pertaining to the delivery of frontline social work services for children, young people and their Parents/Carers.• To undertake Initial and Core Assessments of children and families in accordance with the Assessment Framework, ensuring that they are completed in a timely manner and include an analysis of the needs and circumstances of each child and family, the desired outcomes to be achieved and the services that are required.• To ensure that every allocated child has an up to date and outcome focused Plan that clearly states the action, responsible professional(s) and agreed time scale for completion.• To ensure that all allocated children are visited, spoken to/communicated with and monitored in accordance with statutory and procedural requirements and in line with best practice standards.• To ensure that all direct work undertaken with children/young people is purposeful, sensitive, respectful and honest. • To ensure that all correspondence and written notes detailing the outcomes and decisions from meetings with children/young people and Parents/Carers are distributed promptly.
