Qualified Social Worker

6 hours ago


Chester, United Kingdom Pertemps Full time
Qualified Social Worker
Leaving Care
Location: Cheshire West
Pay rate: £37 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join a dedicated Leaving Care Team. As part of the Leaving Care Team you will be part of a fast paced, busy and supportive team who assess and work with Children . This role will involve working with young people aged 15 to 25 who are looked after by the local authority. The candidate will hold responsibility for a number of looked after children supporting them through the care planning and pathway planning process to develop their independent living skills. With this in mind, we are looking for candidates with experience of assessment and pathway planning with looked after children and working with teenagers and young adults. Knowledge of Dols and unaccompanied asylum seeking children would be advantageous but not essential. Our client is looking for candidates who are at least 2 years post qualified and have experience and proven performance in quality case work, and ability to work openly and honestly with our children, families and partner agencies.

This local authority offers excellent supervision and manageable caseloads, working alongside stable teams of experienced social workers and permanent established Team Managers. Free parking in all our localities, access to all in house training and development to support CPD

Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care; you will be supporting in 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 Qualified Social Workers 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 ensure positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Perfect candidate will be:
  • Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
  • Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups.
  • Creative, flexible and forward thinking in approach.
  • Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.
  • Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for families.
  • Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
  • Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with clients to engage them in assessments and plans
  • Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service
  • Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis
  • 2 Years plus Qualified
In this role you will:
  • Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessment of risks protection and social care needs.
  • Manage an agreed case load.
  • Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
  • Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
  • Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development.
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
  • A dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
  • An easy registration process (all done online)
  • Referral schemes and incentives
  • Ongoing compliance managed for you
  • Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

This role is ideally located for those travelling from Manchester, Northwich, Wrexham, Mold, Llangollen, Denbigh, Deeside, Chester, Crewe, Welshpool, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wirral, Liverpool, Skelmersdale, Wigan, Warrington, Bolton, Altrincham, Cheadle, Stockport, St Helens, Widnes, Runcorn, Rhyl, Llandudno, Stoke, Telford, Porthmadog, Conwy

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, Children Looked After, Child Protection, Children in Need, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

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