Social Worker - Safeguarding - Tameside - £39 per hour

Caritas Recruitment Limited; Tameside; Sur place; GBP 48 000 - 62 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Long contract until Oct 2026

Pilot scheme

Agency roles included

Equipment provided

Résumé du poste

Caritas Recruitment Limited is seeking a Safeguarding Social Worker to join the team based in Tameside. You will work in a school setting, supporting designated safeguarding leads and educational staff to safeguard children and young people.

The role offers an innovative pilot approach in partnership with schools, with long contracts through Oct 2026 and equipment provided to carry out duties effectively.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registration.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold a full UK licence.
• Post-qualified experience.
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work.

Responsabilités

• Evidence skills in relationship-based social work and lead a skilled workforce.
• Present a can-do attitude and teamwork.
• Develop and implement plans to meet the assessed needs of children and families and act as key worker.
• Maintain professional standards and practice commensurate with experience and grade.
• Recognise safeguarding concerns and report through agreed processes for appropriate action.
• Undertake child protection investigations, court work and complex cases.

Connaissances

Relationship-based social work

Team player

Can-do attitude

Formation

Social Work degree

Description du poste

Social Worker - Safeguarding - Tameside - £39 per hour

Caritas are currently recruiting a Social Worker to join the safeguarding Team based in Tameside.

You will be based within a School setting, supporting designated safeguarding leads, and educational and pastoral colleagues in safeguarding children and young people.

This is an innovative programme partnering closely with schools, it will offer skilled Social Workers the opportunity to gain valuable and unique experience and skills and work in a role which will shape future services and make a real impact on the lives of young people and families across the town.

Benefits as a Safeguarding Social Worker are:

• Long contracts will run until October 2026
• Unusual new pilot scheme
• Inclusive of agency roles
• Equipment provided

Duties as a Safeguarding Social Worker are:

• Able to evidence your skills and knowledge of creative, innovative, and relationship-based social work and demonstrate your ability to lead a skilled workforce.
• Present a 'can-do' attitude; we want people who will help us to build a real culture of reflection and learning. We want team players!
• Develop and implement plans to meet the assessed needs of children and their families/carers and to undertake the role of key worker.
• Ensure that professional standards and practice are maintained and that responsibility for practice and decision making is undertaken commensurate with the level of experience, knowledge, and grade.
• Be able to recognise safeguarding vulnerable people situations and report through agreed processes to enable appropriate action to be taken.
• Undertake child protection investigations, court work and complex cases.

Essential requirements as a Safeguarding Social Worker are:

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK licence
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work