Qualified Social Worker - Supporting Our Children

Pertemps; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency for social work in the UK is seeking a Qualified Social Worker to join the Supporting Our Children Team. You will work closely with children and families, conduct assessments, and collaborate with various agencies to achieve optimal outcomes. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in social work, particularly with vulnerable children and families, and will be committed to best practices in social care. This role offers competitive pay and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant

Easy online registration

Referral schemes

Ongoing compliance management

Reliable payroll

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and families, particularly vulnerable groups.
• 4+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Ability to create individual care plans respectful of diversity.

Responsibilities

• Conduct risk assessments and manage case loads.
• Formulate care plans focused on family engagement.
• Provide support to unqualified staff and students.

Skills

Creative

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Child Protection knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

Qualified Social Worker
Supporting Our Children
Location: Lancashire
Pay rate: £41 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Worker to join a dedicated Supporting Our Children Team. As part of the Supporting Our Children Team 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. You will also carry out Section 47 Enquiries, progress cases to Initial Family 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 Blackpool, Morecombe, Preston, Crosby, Burnley, Bootle, Lancaster, Middleton, Leigh, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Leyland, Accrington, Barrow, Blackburn.

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, Localities, Court, Children in Need. Family Safeguarding, Supporting Our Children, Child Protection, Fostering, adoption Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

Referral scheme
Not interested but know someone who is? At Pertemps Social Care, we know that great talent attracts great talent. We offer a generous £250 referral bonus if you make a referral to us! The best part?There’sno limit to the number of referrals you can make, so spread the word and multiply your rewards!
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