Social Worker - Child Protection Team

Location Truro
Job type Contract
Salary £25.00 - £30.00 per hour
Consultant Lauren Minter
Call +44 7458 159449
Reference HQ00116587_1611152039

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in Truro in a Child Protection Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £25 to £30 per hour (Assignment rate). The working pattern is 08:45 - 17:15 (Monday to Thursday)/ 08:45 - 16:45 (Fridays).

Duties of the Social Worker:

  • Complete and present reports within the Child Protection arena using Signs of Safety approach
  • To be able to write court reports and present evidence to the court

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's Services
  • Should be able to hold child protection cases, have good written and verbal communication skills to work with a range of professionals and vulnerable families and Chair multi-agency core group meetings
  • Have experience of Child Protection and Court work and Child in Care work
  • Knowledge/use of Signs of Safety and MOSAIC system would be an advantage
  • Worker will be required to have own transport and travel across Cornwall

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Daily payroll
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
  • In-house payroll system
  • Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Lauren Minter; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.