Qualified Social Worker - Children Looked After

Pertemps; Bolton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency seeks a Qualified Social Worker for a dedicated Children's Looked After Team in Greater Manchester. The successful candidate will deliver person-centred social care services, supporting vulnerable children and families, and ensuring positive outcomes through effective assessments and collaborative work.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant for job support

Easy online registration process

Referral schemes and incentives

Ongoing compliance management

Prompt and reliable payroll

Qualifications

• 4+ years qualified experience in social work.
• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation.
• Experience working with children and families from vulnerable groups.

Responsibilities

• Assess risks and social care needs for children.
• Manage a caseload effectively.
• Devise care plans promoting dignity and empowerment.

Skills

Communication

Mediation

Negotiation

Assessment

Relationship Building

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

Qualified Social Worker

Children Looked After

Location: Greater Manchester

Pay rate: £37 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Social Workers to join a dedicated Children's Children Looked After Team. This role includes home working and time dedicated to working within the local authority.

Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care; you will be supporting in 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 practice, 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 optimum outcomes for service users.
• Devise individual care plans, taking account of 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 roles across the UK and available for you to speak to.
• An easy registration process (all done online).
• Referral schemes and incentives.
• Ongoing compliance management for you.
• Prompt and reliable payroll, and more.

This role is ideally located for those traveling from Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Trafford, Ashton-under-Lyne, Macclesfield, Warrington, Wigan, Huddersfield, St Helens, Widnes, Altrincham, Middleton, Urmston, Irlam, Stretford, Eccles, Salford, Stockport, Longsight, Bradford, Chester, Runcorn, Wirral, Rochdale, Liverpool, Skelmersdale, Cheadle, Leigh, Blackburn, Preston, Partington, Manchester, Openshaw, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Tameside, Birkenhead, and Wythenshawe.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles 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 Practitioner, Adult Social Work, Long Term, Mental Health, Hospital Discharge, Homeless Intervention, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager, and Assistant Team Manager.

Not looking right now? We also offer generous referral bonuses, so please pass this on to a colleague or friend who may be!