Qualified Social Worker, Advanced Practitioner, Wolverhampton Council, Childrens Support Team

Entrust Social Care Ltd; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Ref: EN3-240

Division: Childrens Services

Specialist Area: Senior Practitioner

Location: Wolverhampton

Job type: Contract

Salary (per hour): Negotiable dependent on experience and pay scheme selected

Reference: EN3-240

Job Description

Qualified Social Worker, Advanced Practitioner, Wolverhampton Council, Childrens Support Team - Must be a Qualified Social Worker with a minimum of 2 years+ UK Social Worker experience within a Children's Social Work team.

The responsibilities will include:

1. Commitment to excellent social work, embedding a Think Family approach and working restoratively with children, young people, adults with care and support needs and their families.
2. Support both Adult's and Children’s Services with quality assurance activity and improving social work practice, including leading on audit activity, analysing findings, leading and reviewing improvement plans and presenting reports.
3. Responsibility for projects and key pieces of work to meet given organisational objectives and standards, including sector-led improvement activity.
4. Play a crucial part in staff development, creating and delivering training and contributing to a culture of continuous learning.
5. Confidently work with data, identifying trends and collaborating with others to form solutions, able to take responsibility for action plans and driving continual improvement.
6. Highly organised, able to plan and prioritise tasks with varying timescales and manage competing priorities, with a proven track record of meeting deadlines.
7. Confident public speaker, comfortable working alone as well as part of a team, and able to work at pace.
8. Excellent written skills, confident in using your own initiative and able to offer effective challenge and feedback, with a commitment to engaging and collaborating with children, young people, adults, families and professionals.

37 hours per week (flexible by negotiation)

3 month Temporary Contract

Start date subject to DBS and reference clearance

Successful candidates will benefit from:

1. An Echo Dot smart speaker upon commencement of contract (see terms)
2. £20 Amazon voucher if registration is completed within 2 weeks (see terms)
3. Competitive pay rates for all Qualified Social Workers
4. Weekly payroll
5. Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
6. Receive up to £250 for each referred worker (see terms)

The successful Qualified Social Worker candidate will need to hold a Degree or equivalent, must be registered with Social Work England, have a current DBS and be a car driver.

Please call the recruitment team where you will speak to one of our dedicated consultants on 0333 1234 530.