Qualified Social Worker

Qualified Social Worker
Children in Care
Location: East Midlands
Pay rate:  £38

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join a dedicated Children in Care Team. You will be supported by an experienced team manager.  Our client has a strong and positive culture in this local authority, which we would love you to be a part of.  This local authority offers regular monthly supervision and monthly group reflective supervision.  
 
The Children in Care team work with children of all ages that are in care, carry a caseload and progress care plans for them. They may be finding adoptive placements for them, or supporting long term fostering plans. There will also be some complex young people in residential care, and a group that we are supporting to return home to family members. Workers will need to have excellent skills in direct work with children and young people, and be committed to robust and timely permanence planning for all these children. We are highly aspirational for our children in care, and would expect workers to promote good health, educational achievement and developing positive relationships as the key foundations to a successful future. Teams consist of a Team Manager, Senior Practitioner and Social Workers. We would welcome applications from a diverse range of workers to enhance our existing workforce, and continue the work to promote positive outcomes for young people.
 
As part of this this local authority’s dedicated Family Assessment and Support Team you will be working in a busy and supportive team who assess and work with children and families and intervene where children need support to provide more children with help at an earlier stage. Child and Family Assessment  work directly with children and their families whilst also partnering with agencies including the police and health to ensure the best possible outcome with sustainable positive change. The service ensures a strong link with our Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help colleagues to promote local community support for children and families when social care no longer needs to be involved.
Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care; you will be supporting in 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 ensure positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Perfect candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups.
• Experience working within, Court, Children in Need and Child Protection.

• Supporting child and families subject CIN and Child Protection planning, pre-proceedings and court proceedings 

• Understand factors that impact children including abuse and neglect 

• Undertake Child & Family Assessments demonstrating effective analysis, decision making, planning and review 
• Undertake effective direct work with children and families 

• Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis.
• 3 Years plus Qualified

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

• A dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

This role is ideally located for those travelling from Nottingham, Walsall, Newark on Trent, Loughbourgh, Hull, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Brigg,  Skegness, Leicester, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Lincoln, Nuneaton, Grantham, Gainsborough, Derby, Peterborough, Birmingham, Bloxwich, Stoke-on-Trent, Grimsby, Tamworth,  Shropshire, Coventry,  Worcester, Telford, Stafford, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Corby, Welshpool, Hereford, Ipswich. Sheffield, Norwich,  Wrexham Newcastle-under-lyme, Burton-upon-Trent, Wolverhampton, Colchester,  Lichfield, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Dudley, Sutton, Coldfield, West Bromwich, Walsall, Great Yarmouth, Cromer, Luton, Bedford,   Lichfield, Telford, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Hinckley.
 
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, Children Looked After, Localities, Children in Need. Child Protection, Court,  Educational Psychologist,  Hospital Discharge, Community,  Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Adults Assessment and Care Delivery, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.