Qualified Social Worker

TN United Kingdom; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking experienced and passionate Social Workers to join their dedicated Duty and Assessment team. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children and families, ensuring positive outcomes through person-centred social care services. You'll utilize your expertise to assess needs, manage caseloads, and build meaningful relationships, all while striving for continuous improvement. If you're committed to protecting vulnerable groups and providing high-quality services, this position is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in social work.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant

Easy registration process

Referral schemes and incentives

Ongoing compliance management

Prompt and reliable payroll

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a qualified Social Worker.
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and issues.

Responsibilities

• Make full assessments of risks and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload effectively.
• Devise individual care plans promoting dignity and empowerment.

Skills

Social Work

Communication Skills

Mediation Skills

Negotiation Skills

Child Protection Knowledge

Assessment Skills

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

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Qualified Social Worker

Location: Cheshire

Pay rate: £35 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Social Workers to join a dedicated Duty and Assessment team. As part of this service, you should have a passion for making a difference.

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

You’ll be committed to ensuring positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practices, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly, however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Perfect candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
• Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups
• Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking in approach
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues
• Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children
• Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users
• Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans
• Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service
• Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis
• 4+ years qualified

In this role, you will:

• Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessments of risks, protection, and social care needs
• Manage an agreed caseload
• Use specialist communication skills to achieve outcomes for service users
• Devise individual care plans, considering diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment
• Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development

This is an agency post, and Pertemps can offer you:

• A dedicated consultant with access to all roles across the UK
• Easy registration process
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance management
• Prompt and reliable payroll

This role is ideally located for those travelling from Manchester, Northwich, Wrexham, Deeside, Chester, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wirral, Liverpool, Skelmersdale, Wigan, Warrington, Bolton, Altrincham, Cheadle, Stockport, St Helens, Widnes, Runcorn, Rhyl, Stoke, Telford

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this role isn’t suitable, contact us about 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, Frontline, Fostering, Youth Justice Practitioner, Adult Social Work, Long Term, Mental Health, Hospital Discharge, Homelessness, Homeless Intervention, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager, and Assistant Team Manager.