Social Worker - Childrens Social Care

Remedy Recruitment Group; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Milton Keynes Council is seeking a qualified social worker to join an assessment pod on a full-time basis. The role involves visiting families to complete Single Assessments, taking part in triage and safeguarding strategy meetings, and coordinating handovers when children are Looked After or on Child in Need plans.

Induction requires office presence in MK for the first four weeks, with a triage week fully office-based.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified social worker with relevant social care registration.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Single Assessments at families' homes as part of assigned caseload.
• Attend strategy meetings for safeguarding children and participate in handover to longer-term teams.
• Travel to family homes for assessments and follow-up visits as required.
• Attend Initial Child Protection Conference or Child in Need meetings as part of case progression.

Skills

Qualified Social Worker

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Our client Milton Keynes Council is looking for a Social Care - Qualified

During the first 4 weeks, the candidate will be expected to be in the MK office every day as part of induction. On a triage week, they will need to be in the office every day as we deal with urgent / emergency matters. Over the other two weeks, there is the option to work from home no more than 6 days (over the 10 working days) as our policy is you can work from home 2 days per week and you are not able to on the triage week.

This is a full time role within one of our assessment pods. The pods move on a three week rota. The first is assessment week where the candidate will be allocated up to 4 pre-arranged Single Assessments to complete. This will involve travelling to the home to complete the assessment and visit the family. The second week is 'triage' week where the candidate is fully office based and will be dealing with potential Section 47 cases. This will involve attending strategy meetings and completing visits to families either as single agency or with the Police. The third week is effectively an 'off' week. This allows the candidate to complete any outstanding assessments, meetings and complete follow ups. No new cases will be allocated during this week. In our Team, we hold cases until the initial Child in Need meeting or the Initial Child Protection Conference whereby the longer term teams take over. There is the expectation that the candidate will attend these meetings as handover. If we have any families whereby we initiate legal proceedings, we remain the case holder until the first hearing. Likewise if a child becomes Looked After, we will hold until the first review meeting.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.