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Our client Peterborough City Council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Children's Safeguarding team.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work in partnership with children, young people and families/carers and, through building effective relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making.
• Undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy, and procedures for the service and in the context of assessing risk to children and young people.
• Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people and families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service.
• Manage a workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties.
• Make pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development and to meet the objectives of Performance Development Reviews.
• Maintain accurate, up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council's policies and procedures. Produce succinct, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements.
• Pro-actively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people and families/carers in order to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people.
• Carry out all duties in accordance with the Council's Equal Opportunities Policy and other policies designed to protect employees and service users from harassment. It is the duty of the postholder not to act in an oppressive or discriminatory manner towards employees or service users. The post-holder should respond to such practice or behaviour by challenging or reporting it.
• Meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework, Social Worker level, and of registration with the HCPC in respect of practice standards, conduct and professional development.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client Somerset council is looking for a Children's qualified social worker to join their Safeguarding team.

Areas of Responsibility:

• Undertake high quality, child-centred assessments of need and risk to ensure that children and young people are protected from significant harm.
• Build trusting relationships with children and families to understand their lived experiences.
• Provide support, guidance, and interventions that promote positive change.
• Use relational, strengths based, and trauma-informed approaches to engage families effectively.
• Develop and review care plans that reflect the child's voice and best interests.
• Use evidence-based tools and frameworks to inform decision-making.
• Responsible for children allocated with varying needs and complexity, commensurate with experience, ability, and qualification; receive and respond to referrals from various sources.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions in response to identified needs as required.
• Undertake statutory and best practice reviews and ensure compliance with appropriate legislation, policy and procedures.
• Prepare and present reports as necessary to facilitate decision making about children and young people and to provide effective quality assurance.
• Provide information, written assessments, reports, and statements to support other service professionals, managers, and the courts in making decisions related to care.
• Maintain file records relating to service users to a high standard in accordance with relevant legislation, policy, and procedures.
• Contribute to ensuring the effective operation of holistic Quality Assurance processes within the team. Provide accurate and timely information to enable the quality of the service to be assessed.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client Surrey council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Children Safeguarding MAP team.

Casework Management

• Take professional responsibility as directed for managing a caseload which will include individuals, children, families and carers who require support and guidance. Enable them to identify their needs and plan support to meet those needs using the full range of options, seeking advice and support where appropriate.
• Demonstrate confident and effective judgement about risk and accountability in decision making.

Assessment and Review

• Use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs and to ensure that a proportionate assessment is completed in a way that enables maximum participation.

Advice and Guidance

• Provide information, advice and guidance in line with current national legislation and to recognise the need for, and appropriately signpost to other agencies, services or providers.

Safeguarding

• Understand the forms of harm and their impact on people and be able to identify safeguarding concerns.
• Where relevant and with support undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding.

Staff Development

• Share and present professional knowledge and expertise with colleagues within the team.
• When appropriate provide professional reflective supervision to staff who are not professionally qualified.

Data Quality

• Take professional and personal responsibility for clear recording of analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date case work records on the database as required by Surrey County Council.
• Take responsibility for working within the Directorate's data protection policies.

Duties For All

Values: To uphold the values and behaviours of the organisation.

Equality & Diversity: To work inclusively, with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality of opportunity.

Health, safety and welfare: To maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Welfare at work and take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client Northamptonshire's Children's Trust is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Safeguarding team.

NCT Safeguarding Services hold cases that transfer from DAAT at the first Initial Child Protection Conference or at the first Child in Need meeting. They hold these cases until closure. If cases escalate to the court arena or long term looked after the case will transfer to the Children in Care Teams.

This service consists of 15 teams spread across the county.

The Safeguarding service is supported by a stable, managerial team, who provide regular supervision and support to the teams. Both team managers and service managers are highly visible and will spend 2-3 days per week in the office to provide advice and support to colleagues, whilst being easily accessible remotely too.

The Strategic Manager has been with NCT over three years, having initially worked as a locum, before joining the service permanently in Safeguarding.

The service works with a wide range of children and young people with a varying degree of need. The team is keen to grow and develop areas of practice and is always keen to speak to social workers with an interest in different aspects of social work.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client Northamptonshire's Children's Trust is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Safeguarding team.

NCT Safeguarding Services hold cases that transfer from DAAT at the first Initial Child Protection Conference or at the first Child in Need meeting. They hold these cases until closure. If cases escalate to the court arena or long term looked after the case will transfer to the Children in Care Teams.

This service consists of 15 teams spread across the county.

The Safeguarding service is supported by a stable, managerial team, who provide regular supervision and support to the teams. Both team managers and service managers are highly visible and will spend 2-3 days per week in the office to provide advice and support to colleagues, whilst being easily accessible remotely too.

The Strategic Manager has been with NCT over three years, having initially worked as a locum, before joining the service permanently in Safeguarding.

The service works with a wide range of children and young people with a varying degree of need. The team is keen to grow and develop areas of practice and is always keen to speak to social workers with an interest in different aspects of social work.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client West Sussex county council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Family Safeguarding team.

As a Children's Social Worker you will be at the forefront of assessing need and risk for vulnerable children and their families. You will be responsible for achieving positive change and improved outcomes by undertaking high quality assessments, care planning and, as appropriate, child protection investigations, to prevent the separation of children from their families where possible.

You will ensure that children and young people are adequately protected in line with our policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

The candidate needs:

- To be an experienced worker with at least 2/3 years experience.

- Recent Front line - child protection work

- Good assessment skills that are able to identify risk

- Direct work with children to be able to identify their needs

- Good multi agency working experience

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client Cambridgeshire county council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Family safeguarding team.

Job Information:

• Completing statutory visits CIN, CP and CIC
• Chairing CIN and Core Group Meetings
• Holding case load of CIN, CP, and CIC. To include some cases that may be in PLO, or S31 Care Proceedings. Completion of Court Reports, risk assessments and parenting assessments. Attending Ct with support of Senior prac or Team manager.
• Supporting with Duty rota.
• Attending ICPC and RCPC's, writing conference reports.
• Managing and assessing risk.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client West Sussex county council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Family Safeguarding team.

As a Children's Social Worker you will be at the forefront of assessing need and risk for vulnerable children and their families. You will be responsible for achieving positive change and improved outcomes by undertaking high quality assessments, care planning and, as appropriate, child protection investigations, to prevent the separation of children from their families where possible.

You will ensure that children and young people are adequately protected in line with our policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

The candidate needs:

- To be an experienced worker with at least 2/3 years experience.

- Recent Front line - child protection work

- Good assessment skills that are able to identify risk

- Direct work with children to be able to identify their needs

- Good multi agency working experience

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client Cambridgeshire county council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Family safeguarding team.

Job Information:

• Completing statutory visits CIN, CP and CIC
• Chairing CIN and Core Group Meetings
• Holding case load of CIN, CP, and CIC. To include some cases that may be in PLO, or S31 Care Proceedings. Completion of Court Reports, risk assessments and parenting assessments. Attending Ct with support of Senior prac or Team manager.
• Supporting with Duty rota.
• Attending ICPC and RCPC's, writing conference reports.
• Managing and assessing risk.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Qualified Social Worker

Location: Huyton, Merseyside
Rate: 31.15 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract: Temporary / Agency Contract
Hours: Full-Time

We are currently recruiting for an experienced and dedicated Qualified Social Worker to join a busy and supportive local authority team in Huyton, Merseyside. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner looking to make a positive difference in the lives of vulnerable children, families, or adults while working within a collaborative and professional environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a varied caseload, undertaking assessments, developing effective support plans, and working closely with partner agencies to deliver high-quality social work services.

Key Responsibilities

Needs Assessments

Undertake comprehensive assessments of service users' practical, emotional, social, and care needs.

Identify risks, strengths, and required interventions to support positive outcomes.

Safeguarding

• Protect vulnerable children, young people, and adults from harm, abuse, and neglect.
• Investigate safeguarding concerns and take appropriate action in accordance with legislation, policy, and procedures.

Care Planning

Develop, implement, and review person-centred care and support plans.

Promote independence, wellbeing, and long-term positive outcomes.

Multi-Agency Working

Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, police, education providers, housing services, and other key partners.

Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings, reviews, and case conferences.

Advocacy and Support

Advocate for the rights and needs of service users.

Provide practical guidance and emotional support through challenging life situations and transitions.

Reporting and Record Keeping

Maintain accurate and timely case records.

Prepare reports for court proceedings, reviews, and safeguarding meetings.

Participate in regular supervision and case discussions.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong assessment, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, active listening, and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to manage conflict and work effectively under pressure.
• Experience working within a statutory social work setting.
• Sound understanding of safeguarding practices and relevant legislation.
• Ability to make evidence-based and ethical decisions in complex situations.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.

Qualifications and Requirements

• BA/BSc in Social Work or an approved postgraduate Social Work qualification.
• Current registration with Social Work England.
• Enhanced DBS check.
• Previous experience within Children's or Adult Social Care services.
• Full understanding of relevant legislation, including:
  • The Children Act 1989
  • Care Act 2014
  • Human Rights Act 1998
  • Relevant safeguarding frameworks and statutory guidance

What's on Offer?

• Competitive rate of 31.15 per hour Umbrella.
• Full-time contract opportunity.
• Supportive and experienced management team.
• Opportunity to work within a well-established local authority service.
• Varied and rewarding caseload.
• The chance to make a genuine impact on the lives of vulnerable individuals and families.

Apply today to be considered for this exciting opportunity in Huyton. For more information, contact Natasha Haddon.