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£33,024 – £39,186 per annum
Salary: Newly Qualified £33,024 – £35,745 Level 3 (Progressed through CPEL) £36,648 - £39,186
Children’s First Contact manages the input of referrals into Children’s Services.
The referrals are checked for any safeguarding concerns and actioned accordingly in line with the Wales Safeguarding Procedures, cascaded to the appropriate teams internally or passed onto our Early Help Service.
A Social Worker with Children’s First Contact Team will be responsible for responding to all reports received, providing Information, Advice and Assistance or undertaking Section 47 enquiries either through a single agency or joint enquiry approach, alongside North Wales Police. The practitioner will be expected to liaise and work closely with other statutory agencies. You will join an established team that operate within our Children’s Services remit and will take responsibility for ensuring policies and processes are formulated and adhered to.
You must be a strong and motivated Social Work practitioner and have the vision and drive to deliver a range of high quality, cost effective outcome focussed social care, to children and their families, thus paying particular attention to risks associated to the child and their family.
The team also complete Pre Birth Risk assessments and Private Law work through the completion Child Impact Analysis and Section 7 and Section 37 reports. The role requires knowledge and analytical writing as well as the ability to effectively engage with families.
Working with a wide variety of agencies and professionals the role requires commitment, flexibility and a thorough understanding of all relevant standards and the Social Services and Well Being Act (2014) Wales. The role demands the ability to build effective relationships with social services teams and forge strong collaborative partnerships with other agencies.
Job Purpose:
To provide a comprehensive social work service in a variety of settings within a framework of relevant legislation and procedures, supporting children, young people, families and groups within the community. Social Workers will take responsibility for a caseload according to qualifications and experience.
Principal Accountabilities:
The largest council in north Wales, Flintshire is situated in the north east of the country neighbouring the Welsh counties of Conwy, Denbighshire and Wrexham and Cheshire West and Chester in England. A high performing council Flintshire is known for its innovation in public services and has a proud track record of protecting and valuing community-based services.
Uniquely placed Flintshire is the gateway to Wales – anyone coming to work with us will discover a truly lovely county. We pride ourselves on continuously improving our services. As an employer, we recognise our most valuable assets are our people. We strive to be an employer of choice by providing a range of benefits that help us secure the engagement of employees and motivating them to deliver to the citizens of Flintshire County.
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