Our client Rochdale Borough Council is looking for a Children's Social Worker to join their Duty and Assessment team.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE JOB

To provide a high quality professional social work service to children and their families, in accordance with Legislative requirements, the policies and procedures of the Service/Council by :

Assessing the needs of individual children and their families for social care service
Designing and arranging for provision of appropriate care services
Providing direct social work assistance to children and families
Establishing and developing effective collaborative working relationships with other agencies in pursuance of effective service provisionPrincipal Duties

To ensure that the Council's duties under the relevant legislation are discharged in accordance with Council Policy in relation to individual service users, parents and carers.
To assess the needs of children/young people and their families, in...