Qualified Social Worker - Frontline

Pertemps; Greater Manchester; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking Qualified Social Workers to join a dedicated team in Greater Manchester. This role focuses on supporting children and their families through effective social care practices, providing a flexible working environment and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant with access to various roles.

Referral schemes and incentives.

Ongoing compliance management.

Prompt and reliable payroll.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of qualified experience in social work.
• Experience working with children and families from vulnerable groups.
• Knowledgeable about child protection legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage an agreed caseload and perform full assessments.
• Devise individual care plans and provide support to unqualified staff.
• Engage effectively with service users to ensure best outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Mediation

Negotiation

Child Protection Knowledge

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

Qualified Social Worker

Frontline

Location: Greater Manchester

Pay rate: £35 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join a dedicated Frontline team. You will have a passion for making a difference to our children. This role includes flexible working – as long as you complete your visits and statutory requirements – you will have control over your own diary.

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, 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 your 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, available to speak with you.
• An easy online registration process.
• Referral schemes and incentives.
• Ongoing compliance management.
• 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, 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, Frontline, Fostering, youth justice, 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! Contact me to learn more.