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Senior Social Worker - Referral & Assessment - £29.93 hourly

Employer
NonStop Consulting
Location
Birmingham
Salary
£27.57 - £29.93 per hour + Negotiable upon experience
Closing date
Apr 7, 2019

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Sector
Allied Health and Social Care, Social Care
Contract Type
Contract/Freelance
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Government
Jobseeker Type
Professional

Job Details

Senior Social Worker - Referral and Assessment Team - £29.93 hourly

NonStop Care have currently partnered with a Local Authority in the West Midlands to provide Social Workers to their Referral and Assessment service in 2019.

This is a great opportunity to join an engaging service on an interim basis to network and build relationships to help develop your career in future.

What they can offer you:

  • Competitive hourly rate given the market evaluation for 2019.

  • Agile working policy - if you need flexible working or a day or two from home every so often they will allow this.

  • Supportive management and diverse working environment - They have a stable workforce of both permanent and locum staff.

Responsibilities for a Referral and Assessment Social Worker will include:

  • Assessing for and provide services to children in need within the framework
  • Ensuring that services are efficiently and effectively provided
  • Maintaining high standards of professional practice within own workload
  • Managing a case load of children and families
  • Participating in core assessments, in partnership with the child & care providers
  • Implementing Child Protection and LAC procedures as and when required
  • Working with families, children and young people to reduce the need for accommodation or care proceedings
  • Understanding the Every Child Matters agenda
  • Helping to develop interventions by working with other professionals
  • Undertaking investigations under Section 47s on allocated and duty cases as required
  • Providing reports as required for child protection case conferences, children in need meetings, permanency meetings, child care reviews and in court processes
  • Giving evidence in court when required

As a Referral and Assessment Social Worker you will be:

  • Ideally have worked within a R&A Team for 12+ months.
  • Experienced in Court Work
  • A sound knowledge of legislation and guidance.
  • Ability to analyse information and make informed decisions.
  • Good knowledge of child development
  • A clear decision maker and good team worker.
  • A current Enhanced DBS and registration with the HCPC.

If you would like to have a catch up regarding this opportunity or wish to have a confidential chat then please get in touch with Liam Woods on 0207 940 2100. Due to high demand this role is unlikely to remain on the market for long.

Alternatively if you're not looking, you may know a colleague who might be able to benefit from knowing about these positions and I offer a referral bonus of £200 if I place your refe

Company

Our Consultants are trained to deliver an exceptional standard of recruitment services to clients across the life sciences, chemical, care, educations, technical, digital and finance industries. 

Our clients – and bottom line profits - tell us that we do a great many things very well. Complacency, however, is the last word you would associate with us. We work incredibly hard to deliver better and better results, based on stronger and stronger service delivery.  Which is why we believe the best is yet to come – for us, our clients and for the people who have what it takes to join us on the journey.

The result? We’re expanding (in the UK and across Europe and even to Boston, US) and continue to post impressive performances in all our niche sectors. 

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