Senior Practitioner

Total Social; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service organization in Hempstalls is seeking an experienced locum Social Worker for their Emergency Duty Team. This role involves providing essential services to children and families during out-of-hours emergencies, ensuring timely interventions to safeguard vulnerable children. Candidates must have at least three years of relevant experience with an English local authority. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• At least three years’ post-qualifying experience in direct/permanent employment of an English local authority in children’s services.

Responsibilities

• Provide a social work service outside of normal working hours.
• Respond to out of hours referrals for safeguarding vulnerable children.

Job description

Position Overview

Total Social is working with Stoke on Trent City Council who are looking for an experienced locum Social Worker for their Emergency Duty Team.

Responsibilities

To offer a social work service which provides services to children and families outside of normal working hours, which responds to out of hours referrals where intervention from the local authority is required to safeguard a vulnerable child and where it would not be safe, appropriate or lawful to delay that intervention to the next working day.

Qualifications

Qualifying candidates require at least three years’ post-qualifying experience in direct/permanent employment of an English local authority in children’s services.