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Qualified Social Worker
Location: South East
Pay rate: £45 per hour
Are you an experienced and passionate Social Worker seeking career progression?
Pertemps Professional Recruitment is currently looking for experienced and dedicated Social Workers to work within an Adoption Team based in the South East. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Adoption services and be registered with Social Work England.
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 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 ensuring positive and sustainable outcomes of your interventions. Using best practices, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.
Candidate Requirements:
* Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
* SW, CSS, DipSW, or Social Work Degree; creative, flexible, and forward-thinking in approach.
* Experience working in a Social Services Directorate or other Statutory or Voluntary Agency.
* Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for individuals and their families.
* Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
* Experience working with a range of client groups within an agency.
* Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans.
* Committed to providing high-quality services to our users.
* Experience working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency environment.
* Knowledge of legislation relating to general social work practice.
* 4+ years qualified.
Role Responsibilities:
* Use skills, knowledge, and experience to conduct comprehensive assessments of risks, protection, and social care needs.
* Manage an agreed caseload.
* Employ specialist communication skills to achieve optimal outcomes for service users.
* Devise individual care plans, considering diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
* Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist their development.
This is an agency post, and Pertemps offers:
* A dedicated consultant with access to roles across the UK.
* Easy registration process, referral schemes, incentives, ongoing compliance management, reliable payroll, and more.
This role is ideally located for those traveling from Surrey, Crawley, Slough, Croydon, Bromley, Orpington, Epsom, Twickenham, Leatherhead, Guildford, London, Cambridge, Northampton, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Reading, Rochford, Colchester, Ipswich, Watford, Broadstairs, Dover, Folkestone, Eastbourne, Worthing, Portsmouth, Crawley.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn’t suitable, contact us about other opportunities including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s and Adult Social Work, Service Management, and more.
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