Senior Social Worker - Child Protection

Leaders in Care; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local recruitment agency is seeking a Child Protection Senior Social Worker to work with a council in the Midlands. This role offers a minimized caseload, encouraging best practice, and the flexibility to work from home for four days a week. Candidates must have a social work qualification and registration with Social Work England. Join a supportive environment that values work-life balance and aims for excellence in child services. Apply now to become part of this important initiative.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for childcare and school runs

Market-leading payroll system

Qualifications

• Must have a social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience in child protection is highly desirable.
• Ability to support and guide junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Support the team manager in best practice initiatives.
• Assist colleagues in developing their cases.
• Handle a minimized caseload to ensure quality service.

Skills

Social work skills

Best practice encouragement

Team support

Education

Social work qualification

Job description

OFSTED rating Good | Very flexible working | Minimised Caseload | Hybrid working

Leaders in Care are working directly with a council in the West Midlands to offer something special. With recent funding approved in line with the financial year, we’ve been given the green light to recruit Child Protection Senior Social Workers in a well-known Council, and this is a really good time to be joining our agency!

The service has 4 teams in which a small number of cases are allocated to Senior Practitioners, as you will be mainly supporting your team manager with encouraging best practice and assisting colleagues to develop their cases.

Flexible working is extremely encouraged by the council, with local hubs throughout the county for peace and quiet, senior management have no expectation around having to come to the office x times a week.

OFSTED rated the council’s children services as GOOD last year. This is a service that has massively improved in the last couple of years and senior management are striving for an OUSTANDING rating on next review.

Due to our direct contact with this council, we are able to support your needs being met, from working from home 4 days a week to childcare and morning school runs, we have you covered, let us find the role that suits your wants best. The local authority has a great range of permanent to agency staff with great feedback from current social workers working there already!

Leaders in Care can offer exclusive rates , along with a service that has received 370 5* Google reviews – this means weekly check ins, support on your placement, and a market leading timesheet & payroll system that means Fridays are no longer a stress of refreshing your bank to see if your money is coming!

As this is a statutory role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.

If you want to know more, please apply, or email Tommy on [e-mail] for more details (or call on 07828 479 807).