We are seeking a Social Worker for the Adolescent Support Team at Kent County Council.
You will manage a caseload of complex and difficult cases, involving assessment, planning and implementation of support, ensuring the best outcomes for children are realised. Often, you will utilise crisis intervention or solution-focused and strengths-based approaches to empower young people and their families and build up good relationships with the young people you work with (aged 11 - 18) to ensure that you hear their voice and understand their lived experience. Alongside this, you will need to use negotiation skills to advocate for them to ensure that, wherever possible, they remain within their family network.
You will be responsible for chairing Child In Need meetings, Coordinating support, completing Joint Housing Assessments with District Councils, and supporting young people to attend interviews and meetings in accordance with their support needs and work collaboratively with a range of innovative services and partners such as CAMHS, Education, YOT, Police, Housing, and Local Housing Providers to reduce the likelihood of harm and promote good life outcomes.
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