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Qualified Social Worker
Children & Families
Location: West Yorkshire
Pay rate: £35 per hour
We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join a dedicated Children & Families Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our client's social work team in West Yorkshire. Our client has positions available in their Children & Families team. You will be supported by an experienced team manager. Our client has a strong and positive culture in this West Yorkshire local authority, which we would love you to be a part of. We offer regular monthly supervision and group reflective supervision.
As part of this West Yorkshire dedicated Children & Families Team, you will be working in a busy and supportive environment assessing and working with children and families, intervening where children need support to enable earlier help. The team collaborates with agencies including police and health to ensure the best outcomes with sustainable positive change. The service maintains strong links with Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help colleagues to promote community support when social care involvement is no longer necessary.
Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care, you will support the delivery of person-centred, safe, and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience, you'll make assessments and decisions on 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 meet their needs.
You’ll be committed to ensuring positive and sustainable results from your interventions. Using best practices, you’ll strive for the best outcomes for children. Most importantly, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and families to thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to operate as efficiently as possible.
Perfect candidate will be:
* Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
* Experienced in working with children and families, including vulnerable groups.
* Experience with Court, Children in Need, and Child Protection cases.
* Supporting child and family cases involving CIN and Child Protection planning, pre-proceedings, and court proceedings.
* Understanding factors impacting children, including abuse and neglect.
* Ability to undertake Child & Family Assessments with effective analysis, decision-making, planning, and review.
* Proficient in direct work with children and families.
* Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking approach.
* Knowledge of Child Protection legislation and issues.
* Constant pursuit of continuous improvement to achieve the best outcomes for children.
* Excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
* Ability to build meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans.
* Committed to providing high-quality services.
* Experience working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency environment.
* At least 2 years of qualified experience.
In this role, you will:
* Use your skills, knowledge, and experience to assess risks, protection needs, and social care requirements.
* Manage an agreed caseload.
* Employ specialist communication skills to achieve optimal outcomes.
* Develop individual care plans respecting diversity, dignity, and empowerment.
This is an agency post and Pertemps offers:
* A dedicated consultant with access to roles across the UK, available for support.
* An easy online registration process.
* Referral schemes and incentives.
* Ongoing compliance management.
* Prompt payroll and more.
This role is ideally located for those commuting from Oldham, Trafford, Ashton under Lyne, Macclesfield, Bury, Altrincham, Bolton, Preston, Blackpool, Lancaster, Middleton, Urmston, Huddersfield, Irlam, Stretford, Eccles, Salford, Rochdale, Stockport, Harpurhey, Longsight, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Bradford, Wirral, Liverpool, Leeds, York, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Manchester, Normanton, Pontefract, Keighley, Shipley, Batley, Bingley, Otley, Halifax, Burnley, Sheffield, Oldham, Preston, Halifax, Rotherham, and Doncaster.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn’t suitable, contact us for other opportunities including IRO, BIA, Child & Family, MASH, Children Looked After, Localities, Children in Need, Child Protection, Court, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager, and Assistant Team Manager.
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