Social Worker - Family Safeguarding - Crawley

Join our Family Safeguarding East Team and as a Social Worker you will be undertaking meaningful evidence-based interventions that contribute to improved levels of engagement and safeguarding with parents and children.

1. Able to analyse and interpret complex information and data, prioritise needs and formulate plans for intervention and service provision.

2. Able to work proactively as a member of the team to make accurate assessments of needs and negotiate and implement effective outcomes.

3. Able to work in partnership with carers, colleagues and external agencies to deliver an effective service.

4. Able to communicate clearly and effectively in both written and oral format, including the ability to explain complicated information to a wide range of people and use negotiation and persuasion skills to encourage others to adopt a course of action they may not wish to take.

5. Able to recognise limits of own accountability and responsibility and seek appropriate support, advice and supervision.

Here at West Sussex County Council, we are ambitious for our children and our workforce. We have made great improvements in our service for the children and families in West Sussex over 5 years. You will join us as at a key time on our continuous improvement journey; the service you would be joining has a stable workforce with manageable caseloads and a fully permanent management team. We are proud of the work we do and we are proud to be a support and inclusive employer.

Thats why we need professionals, like you, who really want to be part of the positive change that is happening for children. Be part of an ambitious ongoing improvement plan and make a significant difference to children and families in West Sussex. There has never been a more rewarding time to join.