Are you an experienced Children's Social Worker?
Do you have a passion for working with adolescents?
Yes?
Randstad are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join Stockport Council's Aspire Complex Safeguarding team. This role specifically requires a female worker due to the nature of the role. This is a full time position offering a fantastic pay rate of £38 per hour.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Mileage reimbursement
- Supervision
- Regular high quality reflective supervision, guidance and support
- Competitive rates of pay
- Weekly pay
- One committed and dedicated point of contact
- An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a £300 voucher for anyone you refer to us (T&Cs apply)
- A full range of free training available
- Access to free healthcare services
Responsibilities:
- The complex safeguarding team is co-located with Police, health and missing from home officers and is part of an aligned service with Youth Justice, ensuring seamless support to children and young people where exploitation and vulnerability to extra-familial harm is a concern.
- You will have a strong grounding in statutory children's social work, with experience of court processes, including an understanding of DOLS.
- You will be co-allocated, alongside locality social workers, to work with children, usually over the age of 10, to support them where there is vulnerability to, or evidence of child exploitation. including sexual and criminal exploitation, and modern slavery.
- You will have excellent knowledge of adolescent development, child exploitation and trafficking, and be able to share expert knowledge with other social workers to increase awareness and support their decision-making, including contribution to strategy meetings.
- You will be skilled at forming relationships with young people who may mistrust professionals, and where you will need to demonstrate creativity, tenacity and patience to form trust.
- You will be flexible in your approach, with an ability to respond to young people at critical moments (which may require some flexibility of working hours, in discussion/agreement with your line manager).
- You will contribute to awareness raising across the council, including the Week of Action for exploitation twice per year, and input at regular training and development opportunities.
- You will need a car for work each day, and business insurance that allows you to transport young people.
- There may be some travel outside of Stockport to meet the needs of children and young people where they live and spend time.
Requirements:
- Social Worker England registered
- Enhanced DBS
- Social Work Degree or equivalent
Experience:
- Children
If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Hannah on 0330 024 8775 otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon.
Are you thinking about a change in your career but not sure about this role? Whether you are an existing candidate, new to the locum market and are exploring some options or looking for a new permanent role, we have several exciting opportunities with competitive pay & flexibility. If you wish to discuss this further please call 0330 024 8775 and we would be happy to have a confidential discussion.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
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