Join our dedicated and compassionate social work team in the beautiful town of Wick, located in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. We are committed to improving the lives of children and families in our community, ensuring they receive the care, support, and protection they need to thrive.
We are currently seeking an experienced and motivated Children and Families Social Worker to join our dynamic team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled professional to make a real difference in the lives of children and families in need of support.
Benefits of our brilliant rewards package include:
... - Flexible Hours: Control your work hours and choose assignments that fit your lifestyle.
- Competitive Pay Rates: We offer highly competitive remuneration for each placement.
- Professional Development: Opportunities to work across various departments, enhancing your skills and broadening your expertise.
- Free training: Keep up to date with your Continuous Professional Development.
- Pension Scheme: Contributory pension.
- Referral Bonus: Receive £300 in vouchers (subject to Ts and Cs).
- Weekly payroll: Randstad runs a twice weekly payroll, enabling you to control your finances by receiving weekly pay.
- Dedicated Support: Our team is here to assist you at every step, from onboarding through the entirety of your placement. We can even help with sourcing accommodation and travel, if required.
Responsibilities:
As a Children and Families Social Worker, you will work closely with children, families, and other professionals to deliver high-quality services that protect and promote the welfare of children. You will carry out assessments, develop care plans, provide ongoing support, and ensure the best interests of children are always prioritised.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct assessments to determine the needs of children and families and develop appropriate intervention plans.
- Care and Child Protection
- Work collaboratively with families, schools, healthcare providers, and other agencies to provide holistic support.
- Offer guidance, advocacy, and practical assistance to families facing complex issues.
- Manage a caseload, ensuring that cases are handled with professionalism, empathy, and in accordance with safeguarding policies and legal frameworks.
- Attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings, court hearings, and reviews as required.
- Provide emotional and practical support to children and families in crisis.
- Keep accurate and up-to-date records in line with organizational policies and statutory requirements.
Qualifications and registrations:
- Qualified Social Worker
- SSSC registered in the Social Work part of the register
Skills:
This could be the perfect position in which to realise your career goals.
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Do you have some more questions regarding this or any other role?
If you are interested in discussing the position further, please contact Leah Rowley on 0131 240 0887 or email for a confidential discussion. If you are happy to move forward with the process and are successful to be put forward for this role, a conversation can also be arranged with the Manager to discuss the details about the position further. This gives you the opportunity to ask more questions and to assess if this is the right role for you.
Being a preferred supplier to numerous local authorities and NHS trusts, we can give you access to a wide range of vacancies.
Are you thinking about a change in your career? Whether you are an existing locum or you are new to the locum market and are exploring your options, we have opportunities that are exciting, well paid and flexible.
I have over 20 years experience recruiting within the healthcare market. If this particular role does not sound quite right for you, we have a wide selection of roles across the country that may not be advertised. We are also able to source a particular role to suit your requirements, so whether you work with children or adults in any particular speciality, please get in touch to see how we can support you!
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.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
