Qualified Social Worker - Locality Safeguarding

Pertemps; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency is seeking a Qualified Social Worker to join a Locality Safeguarding Team in West Yorkshire. The role emphasizes working with children and families, conducting assessments, and collaborating with various stakeholders to provide early support and intervention. Ideal candidates are experienced Social Workers committed to delivering high-quality services and improving outcomes for children. This position offers an attractive pay rate and the opportunity to impact the community positively.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant for support

Easy registration process

Generous referral bonuses

Ongoing compliance management

Reliable payroll

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Social Worker with registration.
• Experience of at least 2 years working with children and families.
• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessments directly with children and families.
• Coordinate with agencies for interventions and sustainable change.
• Manage a caseload effectively.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Decision Making

Analysis

Mediation

Education

Social Work qualification registered with Social Work England

Job description

Qualified Social Worker
Locality Safeguarding
Location: West Yorkshire
Pay rate: £35 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Worker to join a dedicated Locality - Safeguarding Team. As part of the Locality you will be working in a busy and supportive team who assess and work with children and families and intervene where children need support to provide more children with help at an earlier stage. They also carry out Section 47 Enquiries, progress cases to Initial Child Protection Conference and children in need work whilst planning for permanence from day one. You will complete Assessment work directly with children and their families whilst also partnering with agencies including the police and health to ensure the best possible outcome with sustainable positive change. The service ensures a strong link with our Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help colleagues to promote local community support for children and families when social care no longer needs to be involved.

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 significantSocial Workexperience 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 ensure 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 that 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.
• Experience working within, Court, Children in Need and Child Protection.

• Supporting child and families subject CIN and Child Protection planning, pre-proceedings and court proceedings

• Understand factors that impact children including abuse and neglect

• Undertake Child & Family Assessments demonstrating effective analysis, decision making, planning and review
• Undertake effective direct work with children and families

• 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.
• 2 Years plus Qualified

In this role you will:

• Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessment of risks protection and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed case load.
• Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
• Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to, easy registration process, referral schemes and incentives, ongoing compliance managed for you, prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

This role is ideally located for those travelling from Preston, Fulwood, Blackpool, Carlise, Lancaster, Morecombe, Fleetwood, Garstang, Keswick, Coniston, Penrith, Grasmere, Windemere, Kendal, Cockermouth, Brampton, Whitehaven, Kirkby Longsdale, Dalton in Furness, Barrow in Furness, Windermere, Penrith, Workington
This role is ideally located for those travelling from, Oldham, Trafford, Ashton under Lyne, Macclesfield, Bury, Altrincham, Bolton, Preston, Blackpool, Lancaster, Middleton, Urmston, Huddersfield, Irlam, Stretford, Eccles, Salford, Rochdale, Stockport, Harpurhey, Longsight, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Bradford, Wirral, Liverpool, Leeds, York, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Manchester, Normanton, Featherstone, Pontefract, Keighley, Shipley, Batley, Bingley, Otley, Halifax, Burnley, Sheffield, Oldham, Preston, Halifax, Rotherham and Doncaster

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

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 (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor),Child & Family,MASH, Children Looked After, Localities, Children in Need. Child Protection, Court, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.