SW Locums require a Qualified Social Worker with at least 3 years’ post qualifying experience as a social worker. you will have extensive UK experience in working with children looked after and experience in care proceedings.

Social Work England Registration is Mandatory for this post.

You will require an Enhanced DBS Issued within the past 12 months or be registered with the DBS Update Service.

Applicants must have right to work in the UK.

The role:

• You will have responsibility for managing a caseload of more complex and higher need cases within a child protection context.
• You will be required to take appropriate initiative when working to support children and their families.
• You will also support other practitioners in the team through mentoring, advice, support, and occasional shadowing on visits or for meetings.

There is a high likelihood of court involved work in this role.
In the role you will build positive, supportive, and respectful relationships with families in order to help support children in need of help or protection.

Where possible, you will help support families to raise their children safely within their family network by supporting and augmenting their support network.

Where this is not possible, alternate plans will need to be explored and implemented to help ensure children grow up in safe, nurturing, and happy homes that achieve long term permanence. This will require working in a supported practice environment that respectfully challenges and enables you to use your professional judgement, autonomy, experience, knowledge, and skills.

These all form the key aspects of our Signs of Safety practice model which we use when working with children, families and the wider professional network.
You will have a proficient ability to communicate in English and be able to influence others in an effort to help coordinate services and supports in the best way possible to keep children as safe and. well cared for as possible.

SW Locums offer you:

• Fastest pay available, from completion of timesheet to reaching your bank.
• Constant, polite support with your own, vastly experienced and knowledgeable consultant.
• Great rates of pay.
• No “waffle”, informative and conscientious advice.
• Contact available 24/7.
• Access to exclusive vacancies nationwide.
• Free DBS and compliance service.
• Access to on-going training opportunities.
• Industry leading “Refer a Friend” recommendation scheme offering up to £300 for successfully placed referrals.*
• Excellent “Find your own job” bonus – get £350 for bringing your own position to us *

* Terms and conditions apply to our bonus scheme