Qualified Social Worker - Safeguarding

Pertemps; Bolton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Pertemps is seeking a Qualified Social Worker for a Safeguarding Team in Greater Manchester. Your role will involve working with children and families to ensure their wellbeing, while collaborating with various agencies. A passion for providing high-quality services and protecting vulnerable individuals is essential.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant access

Easy online registration

Referral schemes and incentives

Ongoing compliance management

Reliable payroll

Qualifications

• Experience in working with vulnerable children and families.
• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation.
• Ability to engage service users in assessments and plans.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of risks and social care needs.
• Manage assigned cases effectively.
• Devise individual care plans considering diversity.

Skills

Communication

Mediation

Negotiation

Child Protection

Relationship Building

Creative Thinking

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

4 Years experience

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22.06.2025

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Job Description:

Qualified Social Worker
Safeguarding
Location: Greater Manchester
Pay rate: £37 per hour
We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Worker to join a dedicated Safeguarding Team. As part of the Safeguarding 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 Safeguarding 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. Throughout all that you do you will ensure that you uphold and champion best practise.

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.

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 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.

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 who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to

An easy registration process (all done online)

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 Bolton, Bury , Oldham, Trafford, Ashton under Lyne, Macclesfield, Warrington, Wigan, Huddersfield, St Helen, Widnes, Altrincham, Middleton, Urmston, Irlam, Stretford, Eccles, Salford, Stockport, Longsight, Bradford, Chester, Runcorn, Wirral, Rochdale, Liverpool, Skelmersdale, Cheadle, Leigh, Blackburn, Preston, Partington, Manchester, Openshaw, Manchester, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Tameside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Liverpool 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 (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, Children Looked After, MASH, 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 on to a colleague or friend who may be!