Are you an experienced Children's Social Worker?
Do you have a passion for helping others?
...
If so, Randstad are recruiting for a Social Worker to join one of the local authorities in North Yorkshire for the Children in Care Teams. This is a permanent role with a super competitive salary.
Benefits:
- A caring, supportive stable management group
- Visible senior management team
- Monthly personal and case supervisions and appraisals
- Monthly reflective discussions and peer audit development sessions
- Investment from management around continued development
- Manageable Caseloads
- Support from the workforce development team
- Emotional well-being support with access to health and wellbeing services such as counselling
- Training through Middlesbrough Learns
- Flexible working with a mix of office and home-based working
- Practice and positivity weeks quarterly to celebrate good practice.
- Electric Car Scheme
- Market supplement of 15% in addition to competitive salary
- Generous Annual Leave, 27 days rising to 32 after five years' service
- Pension Scheme
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Responsible for a caseload of more complex cases, providing advice to other social workers in relation to their cases.
- Provide support to other social workers in the team who are less experienced and may also supervise students, trainees, PA's and support staff and volunteers.
- Participate in the planning / reviewing of cases.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with service users, their families and carers.
- Provide advice and support and promote independence and early intervention, as necessary.
- Liaise with colleagues in own or other departments or external agencies to gather relevant information for assessment and care planning activities.
- Maintain and update case notes and other records to required ethical and quality standards.
- Write high quality reports as required and also where required give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
- Work effectively on complex situations, use their initiative and evaluate their own and others practice.
- Be familiar with local resource networks and undertake capacity building with individuals, families, communities, user groups and voluntary organisations.
- Recognised by peers as a source of reliable knowledge and advise others.
- Each social worker is expected to respond to duty matters on a rota
Requirements:
- Social Work England registered
- Social Work Degree or equivalent
- Enhanced DBS
Experience:
Childrens Social Work
If you have any further questions or wish to apply for this role then please get in touch with Bikram 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 or email 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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