Impactful Social Worker: Duty & Assessment (Lancaster)

Lancashire County Council; Fleetwood; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Local Authority Pension

Salary sacrifice options

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Lancashire County Council Children's Services is recruiting a Social Worker to join the Duty and Assessment Team in Lancaster. The role involves assessing and responding to child protection concerns, coordinating timely plans and supporting families to achieve positive outcomes.

You will work within a strengths-based framework, with opportunities for professional development and multi‑agency collaboration, while maintaining safeguarding standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Frontline social work skills in duty and assessment
• Ability to work within safeguarding frameworks
• Experience engaging with children, families and multi‑agency partners

Responsibilities

• Assess and respond to a variety of cases to safeguard children
• Develop and implement multi‑agency plans for families
• Collaborate with teams to ensure timely, quality assessments

Skills

Assessing families and children

Relationship-based practice

Multi-agency collaboration

Education

Registered Social Worker (Social Work England)

Job description

Lancashire County Council Children's Services is recruiting a Social Worker to join the Duty and Assessment Team in Lancaster. The role involves assessing and responding to child protection concerns, coordinating timely plans and supporting families to achieve positive outcomes.

You will work within a strengths-based framework, with opportunities for professional development and multi‑agency collaboration, while maintaining safeguarding standards and regulatory requirements.