Qualified Social Worker, Locality, Duty, CWD & The Hub, Wigan Council Pay rate to £38 per hourContract roleVitalis are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to work in a Child in Care team in Wigan Council.The Duty service in Wigan consists of 5 duty teams and a Duty Academy, you will be on Duty one week in five and have the support of a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner and a Senior Social worker. Families who we work with in Duty require our expert assessment and intervention skills.The nature of the work within the Duty Service can be described as fast paced, you will work on one of the 5 main Duty teams, given our 5-week Duty cycle this means that you will only be going on Duty 1 in every 5 weeks. The Duty teams in Wigan hold a varying complexity of cases, in our Duty service, case transfer points include the Initial Child Protection Case Conference, the first CLA review, the first PLO meeting, the 3rd CIN meeting. The Duty service do not hold cases long term and following your assessment and intervention period the outcome of this will determine the best team for the family to step across to.You will have the ability to think quickly and be creative to overcome the complex challenges and issues you may face. You will have good interpersonal and caring skills which will help you to support and meet the needs of the children, young people and their families. Being able to be motivated to empower children and families is essential to support them to reach and achieve their own solutions and for assist in helping them make long term sustainable family plans.Having good analytical skills is key to be able to analyse, risks assess and interpret information or situations to solve difficult problems or to develop solutions and plans.Don't forget, if this role isn't the perfect fit, we're confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)
