Social Worker - Children and Families - Devon - £46 ph

Tripod Partners; England; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in social work recruitment seeks an Advanced Social Worker for the Children and Families Team. This role involves providing professional leadership, mentoring colleagues, and working closely with families facing complex needs. You will lead improvement efforts and deliver training while enjoying competitive pay and flexible working arrangements. With opportunities for career progression and support from a dedicated team, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the field of social work.

Benefits

Competitive pay rate

Long contracts for good performance

Supportive team and management

Progression opportunities

Flexible working

Condensed Working Weeks negotiable

Free DBS and compliance service

CV review service

Interview advice and preparation

£500 referral fee

Qualifications

• Substantial post-qualifying experience in social work.
• Ability to work with families with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and supervision to team members.
• Champion high standards of professional social work practice.

Skills

Mentoring

Coaching

Assessment Skills

Multi-agency Collaboration

Education

Social Work Degree

Post-qualifying Training

Job description

Tripod are the fastest growing specialist health and social work Recruitment Company in the UK. Our team includes some of the most experienced consultants in the country who have the knowledge and skills to find you the best opportunities and further your career. We aim to make things as simple as possible for you and guide you through the whole process.

We are currently recruiting for the below post:

Social Worker - Children and Families Team - £46 per hour

Children & Families, Exeter, Devon (Team 2 and 3)

Working as an Advanced Social Worker you will work closely with your Team Manager, you will provide professional leadership and supervision to colleagues within your team, supporting your manager with the day-to-day operations of your team and contributing to an effective and efficient service to children and families.
This is a hands-on role, where you have a smaller caseload, working with children and families with a complexity of needs (including undertaking in-depth assessments) and where, through supervision and mentoring, you will share your knowledge and experience with colleagues and students to continually improve practice standards within your team.
You will champion high standards of professional social work practice, by encouraging and supporting opportunities for reflection and learning and delivering on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to unqualified/alternatively qualified staff, students and less experienced social workers.

About you
Advanced Social Workers provide a lead social work role within each team, supporting the development of good evidence-based practice. With substantial post-qualifying experience and the ability to demonstrate that you’re working at the Experienced Social Worker level, you will:
• Demonstrate the ability to work with families with complex needs within a multi-agency environment
• Be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of social work mentoring, coaching and training professional colleagues
• Have evidence of substantial post-qualifying training and development
• Be able to lead improvement and challenge the quality of social care practice in a constructive manner

Rate of Pay: Up to £46p/h
An agreed weekly agency accommodation / commuter travel allowance of up to £150 per week is offered for those living 50 miles or more from their work base. Claims must be recorded with detailed receipts provided to support the claims made.

Benefits within this role

• Competitive pay rate
• Long contracts for good performance
• Supportive team and management
• Progression opportunities
• Remote working available
• Flexible working
• Condensed Working Weeks negotiable

Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:

• Your own designated consultant and one point of contact
• CV review service
• Interview advice and preparation
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organisations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fee

For more information, please contact Naomi on 07866166785or email you cv to [e-mail]

We retain atop tierstatus across all of the UK meaning we receive the majority of jobs before 98% of the other agencies so we can get your CV in front of a client quicker and before other agencies have even received the role. With our contacts and experience we are then able to secure you and source you the right role at the right price and added to a straightforward registration process we can make sure your experience with Tripod is a positive one