Qualified Social Worker - Family Help

Pertemps; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Qualified Social Worker for a role supporting families in Greater Manchester. Responsibilities include risk assessment and providing an early stage of intervention. Ideal candidates should possess relevant experience, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively with various agencies. Flexible working arrangements are considered.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant

Online registration process

Referral schemes

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of qualified experience in social work.
• Experience in court, Children in Need, and Child Protection.
• Ability to conduct effective assessments and make decisions.

Responsibilities

• Assess risks and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Develop care plans promoting dignity and empowerment.

Skills

Experience working with children and families

Excellent communication skills

Mediation and negotiation skills

Creative and flexible approach

Education

Registered with Social Work England

Job description

Qualified Social Worker

Family Help

Location: Greater Manchester

Pay rate: £37 per hour

We are seeking experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join our dedicated Family Help Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our client's social work team in Greater Manchester as a Family Help Qualified Social Worker. Your role will involve providing support to families before issues escalate to require more intensive social work intervention.

You should be a qualified and registered social worker with a solid understanding of childcare legislation, statutory guidance, and frameworks. Responsibilities include complex decision-making, risk assessment, ensuring the safety and welfare of children and young people, and utilizing your professional judgment, critical reflection, and evidence-based tools. Creativity and innovation in using a range of social work interventions to minimize risk and improve outcomes are essential, as is ensuring the child's voice is heard throughout.

You should be confident in building and maintaining positive relationships, with excellent communication and engagement skills.

As part of this team, you will work in a busy, supportive environment assessing and working with children and families, intervening where support is needed to provide help at an earlier stage. The role involves collaboration with agencies such as police and health services to achieve the best outcomes and sustainable positive change. The service maintains strong links with Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help colleagues to promote community support when social care involvement is no longer necessary.

Our client is open to flexible working arrangements and happy to discuss options further.

Ideal Candidate:

• Registered with Social Work England
• Experience working with children and families, including vulnerable groups
• Experience in Court, Children in Need, and Child Protection

• Supporting children and families involved in CIN and Child Protection planning, pre-proceedings, and court proceedings

• Understanding factors impacting children, including abuse and neglect

• Ability to undertake Child & Family Assessments with effective analysis, decision-making, planning, and review

• Ability to conduct effective direct work with children and families

• Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking approach

• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation and issues

• Continuous improvement mindset to provide the best outcomes

• Excellent mediation and negotiation skills

• Strong relationship-building skills to engage children and families

• Commitment to high-quality service provision

• Experience working in multi-disciplinary, interagency teams

• Minimum 2 years of qualified experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess risks, protection, and social care needs

• Manage an agreed caseload

• Use specialist communication skills to achieve outcomes

• Develop individual care plans promoting dignity and empowerment

Additional Information:

This is an agency post, and Pertemps offers:

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

The 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 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.

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