Social Worker - Childrens Safeguarding

Location Taunton
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £35.00 per hour
Consultant Lauren Minter
Call +44 7458 159449
Reference HQ00101173_1577119220

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in Taunton, within the Children's Safeguarding Team.

The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services and be registered with the Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £35 per hour (LTD Company Equivalent) and is an initial 3-month contract.

Duties:

  • To initiate appropriate safeguarding action to protect children and young people at risk of significant harm
  • To undertake interview, observations and gather information from children, young people, families and other agencies to analyse, summarise and evaluate the information to provide a holistic assessment of a child or young persons need, balancing risk and protective factors within a child protection framework
  • To produce focused and purposeful care plans for interventions with explicit aims and objectives about desired outcomes within the context of managing risk to children and young people

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

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.