Senior Practitioner - Safeguarding

Pertemps; Hartlepool; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency is seeking a Senior Practitioner Qualified Social Worker for a Safeguarding team in the North East. The role involves assessing and supporting children and families, ensuring high-quality social care services, and working within a multi-disciplinary environment. Ideal candidates will have significant experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving outcomes for vulnerable children.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant support

Easy registration process

Referral bonuses

Qualifications

• 4+ years qualified experience in social work.
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation.
• Experienced in working with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Make comprehensive assessments of risks and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Devise individual care plans.

Skills

Communication

Mediation

Negotiation

Relationship Building

Education

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

Qualified Social Worker

Senior Practitioner - Safeguarding

Location: North East

Pay rate: £32 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Senior Practitioner Qualified Social Workers to join a dedicated Safeguarding team. As part of the Safeguarding team for a local authority in the North East, you will work in a busy and supportive environment, assessing and working with children and families, intervening where children need support to provide earlier help. 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. Applying your significant social work experience 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 ensuring positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practices, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Ideal 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 high-quality services to our users.
• Experienced in working within a multi-disciplinary, interagency environment.
• 4+ years qualified.

In this role, you will:

• Use your skills, knowledge, and experience to make comprehensive assessments of risks, protection, and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Utilize specialist communication skills to achieve optimal outcomes for service users.
• Devise individual care plans, considering diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
• Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to aid their development.

This is an agency post, and Pertemps can offer you:

• A dedicated consultant with access to roles across the UK, available for support.
• Easy registration process, referral schemes, incentives, ongoing compliance management, prompt payroll, and more.

This role is ideally located for those traveling from Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Brotton, Eston, Skelton, Loftus, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Durham, Hartlepool, Scarborough, Hambleton, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Whitby, Sunderland, and Newcastle.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn’t suitable, contact us about other positions including IRO, BIA, Child & Family, MASH, Children Looked After, Localities, Children in Need, Child Protection, Court, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Safeguarding, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager, and Assistant Team Manager.

Not looking right now? We also offer generous referral bonuses—please share this opportunity with colleagues or friends who may be interested!