Qualified Social Worker

TN United Kingdom; Coventry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency seeks a Qualified Social Worker for the Help and Protection team in the West Midlands. The role involves assessing and supporting children and families, ensuring effective interventions, and collaborating with various agencies. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience and a passion for child welfare.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant for support

Easy online registration process

Referral schemes and incentives

Ongoing compliance management

Prompt and reliable payroll

Qualifications

• Over 5 years of qualified experience.
• Experience working with children and families, including vulnerable groups.
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of risks and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Develop individual care plans considering diversity and empowerment.

Skills

Communication

Mediation

Negotiation

Assessment

Child Protection Knowledge

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

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Qualified Social Worker
Help and Protection
Location: West Midlands
Pay rate: £33.30 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join the Help and Protection team. As part of this dedicated team, you will work in a busy and supportive environment assessing and working with children and families, intervening where children need support to provide help at an earlier stage. Your assessment work will involve direct interaction with children and their families, collaborating with agencies including the police and health services to ensure the best outcomes with sustainable positive change. The service maintains strong links with our Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help colleagues to promote community support when social care intervention is no longer required.

Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, and guided by the values and principles of social care, you will support the delivery of person-centered, safe, and effective social care services. Leveraging your professional knowledge and experience, you will make assessments and decisions about appropriate interventions. Using your significant social work experience and excellent communication skills, you will establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to meet identified needs.

You will be committed to achieving positive and sustainable results from your interventions. Striving for best practice, you will aim to provide optimal outcomes for children. Most importantly, you will have a passion for supporting children and their families to thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to operate as efficiently as possible.

Ideal candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experienced in working with children and families, including vulnerable groups.
• Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking in approach.
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and child protection issues.
• Dedicated to continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
• Skilled in mediation and negotiation on behalf of service users.
• Excellent at building meaningful relationships with children and families to facilitate assessments and plans.
• Committed to delivering high-quality services to users.
• Experienced in working within multi-disciplinary, interagency teams.
• Over 5 years qualified.

In this role, you will:

• Utilize your skills, knowledge, and experience to conduct comprehensive assessments of risks, protection, and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Employ specialist communication skills to achieve optimal outcomes for service users.
• Develop individual care plans considering diversity, dignity, and empowerment.
• Provide advice and support to unqualified staff and students to foster development.

This is an agency post, and Pertemps offers:

• A dedicated consultant with access to roles across the UK, available for support.
• An easy, online registration process.
• Referral schemes and incentives.
• Ongoing compliance management.
• Prompt and reliable payroll, among other benefits.

This role is ideally located for those traveling from Royal Leamington Spa, Kenilworth, Stratford upon Avon, Nuneaton, Coventry, Rugby, Bedworth, Warwick, Solihull, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leicester, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Banbury, Northampton, Leicester, Loughborough.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn't suitable, contact us for other opportunities including IRO, BIA, MASH, Children Looked After, Safeguarding, Duty & Assessment, Children in Need, Child Protection, EHCP, AMHP, children in care, Vulnerable People, Children’s Social Work, Children with Disabilities, Fostering, Youth Justice, Adult Social Work, and more.

Not looking now? We also offer generous referral bonuses—please share with colleagues or friends who might be interested!