Childrens Social Worker – Duty and Assessment – Wigan – £38

Ashberry Recruitment; Wigan; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Childrens Social Worker for a duty team in Wigan. This role involves fast-paced assessments and interventions, requiring strong communication and analytical skills. Applicants must possess a DIPSW and be registered with Social Work England. A dedicated support team and a referral bonus are included.

Benefits

Dedicated experienced Consultant for support

Friendly compliance team

Essential Enhanced DBS provided

£250 Referral bonus

Qualifications

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work required.
• Social Work England registration mandatory.
• Enhanced DBS certificate must be current.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and provide interventions for families in a duty context.
• Work within a 5-week duty cycle, handling varying case complexities.
• Utilize analytical skills to assess risks and develop solutions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem Solving

Education

DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work

Social Work England registration

Enhanced and in date DBS certificate

Tools

Electronic file/recording systems

Job description

Childrens Social Worker
Team: Duty & Assessment
Location: Wigan
Rate: £38
Details:
The Duty service in Wigan consists of 5 duty teams and a Duty Academy, you will be on Duty one week in five and have the support of a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner and a Senior Social worker. Families who we work with in Duty require our expert assessment and interventions skills at the very first stage of assessment and support.

The nature of the work within the Duty Service can be described as fast paced, you will work on one of the 5 main Duty teams, given our 5 week Duty cycle this means that you will only be going on Duty 1 in every 5 weeks. The Duty teams in Wigan hold a varying complexity of cases, in our Duty service, case transfer points include the Initial Child Protection Case Conference, the first CLA review, the first PLO meeting, the 3rd CIN meeting. The Duty service do not hold cases long term and following your assessment and intervention period the outcome of this will determine the best team for the family to step across to.

You will have the ability to think quickly and be creative to overcome the complex challenges and issues you may face. You will have good interpersonal and caring skills which will help you to support and meet the needs of the children, young people and their families. Being able to be motivated to empower children and families is essential to support them to reach and achieve their own solutions and for assist in helping them make long term sustainable family plans.

Having good analytical skills is key to be able to analyse, risks assess and interpret information or situations to solve difficult problems or to develop solutions and plans.

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Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on information available.
• Can work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency set ups
• Possess knowledge of service needs.
• Competent IT skills and be able to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
• Can write clear, concise, and robust assessment/reports/files.
• Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises

Why Ashberry?

• Dedicated experienced Consultant providing the ultimate support through your job search
• Friendly compliance team to guide you through the registration and placement process
• Provides your essential Enhanced DBS
• £250 Referral bonus.