Social Worker - Children Safeguarding Teams Role: Temporary Location: Surrey County Council Pay: Up to £42 per hour Surrey County Council are seeking Locum Children's Social Workers in their Children & Safeguarding Team. Surrey County Council (SCC) are looking for Qualified Social Workers for ongoing contracts. As a Children's Social Worker within Surrey County Council, we offer long-term assignments of 1 year with a view to extend or move around within the local authority. You will be practising in one of the most forward-thinking local authorities in the country. Roles are available across the County especially in the following areas: Guildford Reigate Woking Walton on Thames Our Social Workers are an asset and are encouraged to be creative and autonomous, while enabling you to work flexibly. Surrey is committed to providing regular, reflective, and effective supervision to support you, while ensuring you also have the working conditions you need for good practice to flourish. Why Surrey? We will provide you with: A 9 -day working fortnight. Annual leave of 28 days per annum. Expenses paid for work related travel. A hybrid tablet device, so you can work more effectively and flexibly with sim card to enable agile working. Access to our programme of regular in-house training. Trained to work with children's and families using motivational interviewing approach. Access to permanent vacancies with a competitive recruitment and retention bonus scheme. Flexible working options to fit around today's lifestyle and commitments. We do require 2 days in the office each week and the flexibility to attend visits, as the needs arise across a working week. Surrey County Council are also open to hear from Social Workers who want pat-time work. Up to £42 per hour umbrella rate. Regular support to ensure you well supported both emotionally and professionally to do your role efficiently and you will be supported by your Line Manager and colleagues within the business.(url removed) (url removed) (phone number removed) Surrey County Council, part of Surrey & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates. Connect2Surrey is a trading style of Surrey & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Surrey County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Surrey is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates