Qualified Social Worker - Senior Practitioner

Pertemps; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Qualified Social Worker – Senior Practitioner for a role in the West Midlands. In this position, you will manage caseloads, conduct assessments, and support vulnerable children and families. Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of experience and excellent communication skills. This role offers competitive pay and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant support

Easy online registration process

Referral schemes and incentives

Reliable payroll

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as a Qualified Social Worker.
• Ability to perform full assessments of risks and needs.
• Strong understanding of child protection issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage an agreed caseload of service users.
• Devise individual care plans promoting dignity and empowerment.
• Use specialist communication skills for optimal outcomes.

Skills

Experienced in working with children and families

Excellent communication skills

Mediation and negotiation skills

Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

Overview

Qualified Social Worker – Senior Practitioner – Assessment and Staying Together
Location: West Midlands
Pay rate: £33.30 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join the dedicated Assessment and Staying Together Team for a local Authority in the West Midlands. You will uphold and champion best practice and have experience supporting with Child In Need, Child Protection, PLO, Care Proceedings & Private Law. A driving licence and car, reliable and flexible, with excellent communication skills and good written and IT skills are required. You will be supported by an experienced team manager. Our client has a strong and positive culture in this local authority, which we would love you to be a part of.

Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care, you will support 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. You’ll establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs, applying your significant social work experience and excellent communication skills.

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 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 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 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

Location

This role is ideally located for those travelling from Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Coventry, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Burton-upon-Trent, Wolverhampton, Lichfield, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Dudley, West Bromwich, Walsall, Stafford, Leicester, Nottingham.

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, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, 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 interested. Contact me for more information.