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Social Worker - Looked After Children - Rochdale - 39 per hour

Caritas are currently recruiting an experienced Social Worker to join the Looked After Children Team based in Rochdale.

The successful Social Worker would be ambitious and effective in practice to help change lives and make a sustainable difference.

You should be knowledgeable of and have experience with Looked After Children processes, have two plus years' experience working as a social worker and understand systemic family therapy.

Benefits as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:

• Progression opportunities
• Flexible working available
• Supportive team and management
• Competitive pay rate
• Long contracts for good performance

Duties as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:

• Provide court reports for cases in care proceedings
• Involve and consult with clients and their families in all matters relating to their welfare and development.
• Ensure, with other staff and volunteers that people from ethnic minorities and special needs groups receive services that are appropriate to their needs and are not discriminated against in their access to services.
• Contribute to the maintenance and updating of the teams financial and statistical systems.
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post, which may be required.
• Provide a casework management service to Looked After Children
• Apply the legal requirements of The Children Act 1989, The Children Leaving Care Act 2000 and as it relates to the client groups. Including Independent Needs Assessment, Care Planning and Pathway Plan reviews
• Work in partnership with other targeted and universal services to create holistic support packages for young people.
• Contribute to other forms of service delivery.
• Attend and contribute to case conferences, reviews, and meetings.
• Provide written reports and assessments, provide management information, and maintain case records.

Essential requirements as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK licence
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

If you are interested in the role or would like further information please call Usman at Caritas Recruitment on (phone number removed) or email to (url removed)

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Connect2Hackney are recruiting for an experienced MASH Social Worker to join Hackney Children's Services on a locum basis.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a fast-paced, multi-agency environment where you'll play a vital role in safeguarding children and ensuring timely, effective responses to referrals and concerns.

The Role

As a MASH Social Worker, you will undertake high-quality assessments, gather and analyse information from a range of agencies, and make informed decisions that promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. You will work closely with professionals across health, education, police and partner agencies to ensure children receive the right intervention at the right time.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake screening and assessment of contacts and referrals concerning children and families.
• Gather information from children, families and partner agencies to develop holistic assessments of need and risk.
• Analyse complex information and make evidence-based recommendations regarding safeguarding interventions.
• Apply child protection legislation, statutory guidance and London Child Protection Procedures in practice.
• Produce clear, concise and analytical reports and records.
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to support effective information sharing and decision-making.
• Ensure all safeguarding concerns are managed promptly and in line with statutory timescales.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case records and management information systems.

About You

To be considered, you will have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification
• Social Work England registration
• 3 Years perm experience within an English LA
• Experience within Children's Social Care, preferably in a MASH, Assessment or Duty setting
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding, child protection legislation and statutory frameworks
• Experience undertaking assessments and analysing risk and protective factors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to work effectively within a multi-agency environment
• Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one)

Why Hackney?

Hackney is committed to delivering outstanding services for children and families through relationship-based practice, anti-racist principles and collaborative working. You'll join a supportive team dedicated to achieving positive outcomes for children in one of London's most diverse boroughs.

To Apply:

Please get in touch with (url removed)

Commercial Services Trading Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Social Worker - MASH - Barnsley - 35ph

An experienced social worker is required to join Barnsley's MASH team as a social worker. As a social worker you will work closely alongside the MASH team manager playing a key role in effectively managing referrals into the service. In some instances, you will also assist with screening. Good, proactive communication skills are essential, as is achieving excellent child centred practice.

Benefits:

Effective induction with four dimensions
Excellent rate of pay
Reflective Supervision and Relationship-based therapeutic group supervision
Long term contracts available
Clearly defined Practice Standards and Managers Standards
Effective and supportive management
The right technology to undertake your role including up to date mobile working solutions
Efficient 'work-life balance' is encouraged

Essential Requirements:

Social Work England registration
Eligibility to work in the UK
Post-qualified experience

Please contact Usman Hameed at removed) or call in (phone number removed)

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Our client Suffolk County Council is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their MASH team.

Typical Responsibilities

Communicating and engaging with children, young people and their families, with colleagues and with communities.

• Work directly with children, young people and families using the Suffolk Signs of Safety and Wellbeing framework.
• Where required by the role, to act as Lead Professional for named families as directed by colleagues, being the key contact with the family and liaising with other professionals to provide a joined-up response.

Effective Practice, Assessment, Planning and Review

• Use Suffolk signs of safety principles, disciplines and tools.
• To work alongside children, young people, parents and families where there are early signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues to bring about sustainable improvement.
• Work within the service guidelines, statutory guidance and legal frameworks.

To respond to needs identified with the family by identifying and delivering evidence-based interventions as required

• To work with families with complex problems where statutory intervention is required under the guidance of senior Social Worker, Lead Professional or Health Colleagues as appropriate.
• Engage in individual and group supervision with managers and practice leads.
• Undertake and maintain accurate recording and reporting as appropriate.
• Where required by the role:
  • Participate in CAF, multi-agency assessment, Statutory Assessment and other relevant assessment processes.
  • Take responsibility for managing cases and holding appropriate levels of risk, overseeing the input of social workers where involved.
  • Mentor and/or supervise junior colleagues or students and facilitate individual and group supervision with team members.

Information, Advice and Signposting

• To provide information and signposting for children, young people and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.

Multi-Agency and Partnership Working

• Actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality.

Managing Risk and Safeguarding

• To identify risk and safeguarding concerns and escalate immediately where appropriate.
• To undertake other tasks allocated by manager or senior colleagues, in keeping with the responsibilities of the grade:
• Work in accordance with the Council's statutory responsibilities, policies and service procedures and comply with equality and diversity policies, procedures and legislation.
• Maintaining customer confidentiality in accordance with the Data Protection Act and SCC guidance.
• Participate in performance appraisal and consultation with team managers as required.
• Having regard to best value principles as part of daily practice.
• Participating in training and development opportunities, to improve personal knowledge, skills and effectiveness.
• To transport children and young people where required by job role.

To work in the homes of children and families and in a variety of other settings

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.

Social Worker MASH Team Barnsley

Location: Barnsley Council

Pay/Salary: up to £35 per hour

Office Working: 3 Days per week

Contract: Locum

We are currently working with Barnsley Council to find an experienced Social Worker for their MASH team in Childrens Services. With a stable management team and a mostly permanent workforce, Barnsley are looking for someone with solid experience to be able to pick up a caseload and support their service.

Duties

• Based in Council offices co locating with Police, health and Education
• Receiving referrals from the public
• Identifying risk and signposting
• Writing detailed notes and moving cases to allocated Social Workers
• Using signs of safety tools

What you need

• Social Work Qualification
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced DBS (provided by us)

Why use us?

At Sheldon Phillips, you are not just a number on a board, you are someone we get to know, creating a personal job search that is as individual as you are. Our expert team are trained to ensure that your needs are met, our compliance procedures are quick and efficient, while making sure you find the job you really want.

If you are interested in this Social Work role in a MASH team in Barnsley, give David Mitchell a call on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Location: Northamptonshire Children s Trust Criminal Justice Centre, 700 Pavilion Drive, Northampton, NN4 7SL
Hours: 37 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid 2 days in the office and 3 days from home, subject to business needs
Rate: £36 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the front door of Children s Services, playing a key role in safeguarding children and promoting positive outcomes for children, young people and families.

As a MASH Decision Maker, you will work within a dynamic multi-agency environment, screening contacts and referrals, gathering and analysing information from partner agencies, and making timely, proportionate and defensible decisions.

You will ensure that children receive the right support at the right time, with the child s voice and lived experience central to your decision-making.

• Provide high-quality casework decisions and operational supervision in relation to referral information.

• Make timely decisions regarding the safety and welfare of children, ideally within 24 hours of referral.

• Screen contacts and referrals and determine appropriate thresholds for intervention.

• Gather, analyse and evaluate information from MASH partner agencies.

• Assess risk and identify safeguarding concerns.

• Make balanced, proportionate and defensible decisions regarding service interventions.

• Provide professional advice, guidance and expertise to partner agencies.

• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to support effective safeguarding practice.

• Ensure children s lived experiences and voices remain central to decision-making.

• Promote a relationship-based and strengths-focused approach to practice.

• Demonstrate professional curiosity and critical thinking when analysing information and assessing risk.

• Support effective safety planning and ensure strengths and concerns are appropriately considered.

• Appropriately challenge partner agencies and professional decisions where required.

• Contribute to improving practice and delivering positive outcomes for children and families.

The successful candidate will have:

• Significant experience within Children s Social Care, with a strong safeguarding and Child Protection background.

• Proven experience within a MASH, Front Door, Assessment, Duty or Child Protection service.

• Strong experience of screening referrals, information gathering, risk assessment and threshold decision-making.

• The ability to analyse complex information and make timely, balanced and defensible professional decisions.

• Experience working effectively within a multi-agency environment.

• Strong communication and partnership-working skills.

• Confidence in applying professional judgement and appropriately challenging partner agencies.

• A strong understanding of relevant legislation, statutory guidance and safeguarding procedures.

• A commitment to relationship-based and strengths-focused practice.

• A clear focus on children's lived experiences and achieving positive outcomes for children and families.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced safeguarding practitioner to work within a fast-paced, multi-agency MASH environment, using professional expertise and sound judgement to make a real difference at the earliest stage of a child's journey through Children's Services.

For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Trudy Mukuhlani at (url removed).

About the Role

Coventry City Council is seeking an experienced Team Advanced Practitioner to join its West Social Worker Case Holding Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Children's Social Worker to work within a busy frontline service supporting vulnerable children, young people and families.

Rate: 33.30 per hour (Umbrella)

As a Team Advanced Practitioner, you will work within a case holding team managing and supporting a range of statutory children's social care cases. The role involves working directly with children and families where significant support, intervention and safeguarding planning is required.

The team works with:

• Children in Need
• Children subject to Child Protection Plans
• Looked After Children
• Children accommodated under Section 20
• Families in the pre-proceedings process
• Cases where care proceedings are being initiated

You will play a key role in ensuring children receive timely and effective support, protection and permanence planning while promoting positive outcomes and family stability wherever possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Holding and managing complex children's social care cases
• Completing assessments, plans and statutory visits
• Working with Children in Need and Child Protection cases
• Supporting and safeguarding Looked After Children
• Managing Section 20 accommodated children
• Leading work with families in pre-proceedings
• Initiating and supporting care proceedings when required
• Producing high-quality assessments, reports and court documentation
• Working collaboratively with partner agencies to achieve the best outcomes for children and families
• Providing practice leadership and support within the team

Requirements

• Social Work England registration
• A recognised Social Work qualification
• Significant post-qualified experience within Children's Services
• Strong experience of child protection, court work and care planning
• Experience working with Looked After Children and Section 20 cases
• Excellent assessment, analytical and decision-making skills
• The ability to manage complex caseloads and work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• A commitment to delivering high-quality, child-centred practice

Working Arrangements

This role operates on a duty rota basis, with office attendance expectations as follows:

• Non-duty weeks (4 weeks out of 5): Minimum of 3 days per week office-based
• Duty week (1 week out of 5): Office-based every day

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. As this role is eligible for an Enhanced DBS check, applicants are required to declare any cautions and convictions that are not protected under current filtering rules.

If you are an experienced Children's Social Worker looking to take the next step into an Advanced Practitioner role, we would love to hear from you.

Our client Isle of Wight council is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Assessment & MASH team.

Agency Social Worker - Assessment & MASH Experience Required

We are seeking an experienced and adaptable Agency Social Worker with a strong background in both statutory assessments and MASH/front door work.

The successful candidate will be able to complete high-quality, child-centred assessments that are analytical, outcome-focused and completed within statutory timescales. They will have sound assessment skills, be confident in identifying risk and need, and make recommendations that lead to the right outcomes for children and families.

In addition, the social worker must be able to also undertake tasks in MASH triage, including gathering and analysing information from partner agencies, contacting families, determining the appropriate threshold for intervention, and making timely, evidence-based decisions to ensure children receive the right level of support at the right time.

We are looking for a proactive practitioner with excellent communication skills, strong professional judgement, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

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.

About the Role

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join our well-established Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) on a part-time basis. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly supportive and collaborative safeguarding environment where children and families receive the right help at the right time.

Rate: 30.57 per hour (Umbrella)

As a Senior Social Worker within MASH, you will play a key role in ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements for children and young people by working closely with partner agencies and making timely, informed decisions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Screening and reviewing incoming referrals
• Applying threshold guidance effectively to ensure appropriate interventions
• Making timely decisions within MASH timescales
• Contributing to multi-agency safeguarding processes and decision-making
• Attending and contributing to strategy discussions
• Presenting information clearly and professionally to partner agencies
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to deliver an effective service
• Maintaining high-quality written assessments and records

Social Workers within MASH are line managed by a dedicated MASH Team Lead, ensuring strong support and oversight.

Experience

• Qualified Social Worker status and Social Work England registration
• Significant post-qualified experience within Children's Services
• Previous MASH experience (essential)
• Excellent knowledge and application of safeguarding thresholds
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Experience of multi-agency working and safeguarding decision-making

Solihull operates a hybrid working model with social workers typically working:

• One day in the office
• One day from home

Due to the part-time nature of this role, this would generally mean:

• One week: 2 days office-based
• Following week: 1 day office-based

Why Join Solihull?

• Be part of a strong and established multi-agency safeguarding team
• Work collaboratively with partners across Police, Health and Education
• Contribute to safeguarding decisions that make a real difference to children and families
• Benefit from supportive management and a positive team culture
• Join a local authority committed to high-quality practice and continuous improvement

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. As this role is eligible for an Enhanced DBS check, applicants are required to declare any cautions and convictions that are not protected under current filtering rules.

If successful, candidates will be required to provide information to support the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's commitment to the prevention and detection of fraud. This information will be processed by the Council's Internal Audit Services and may be shared with the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) for data matching

If you are an experienced MASH Social Worker looking for a flexible part-time opportunity within a supportive local authority, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

Opus People Solutions on behalf of Milton Keynes City Council is seeking an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to join their MASH Assessment Pod on a full-time basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic assessment service where you will undertake timely interventions to safeguard children and support families at the earliest opportunity.

About the Role

You will be part of one of our Assessment Pods, operating on a structured three-week rota designed to provide variety and balance within the role.

Week 1: Assessment Week

• Manage up to four pre-arranged Single Assessments.
• Conduct home visits and engage directly with children and families.
• Complete comprehensive assessments and required recording.

Week 2: Triage Week

• Fully office-based.
• Respond to urgent safeguarding concerns and potential Section 47 enquiries.
• Attend strategy discussions and multi-agency meetings.
• Undertake visits to families, either independently or jointly with the Police.

Week 3: Follow-Up Week

• No new cases allocated.
• Opportunity to complete outstanding assessments, visit notes, meetings, and follow-up work.
• Focus on case progression and quality recording.

The team retains cases through to the Initial Child in Need Meeting or Initial Child Protection Conference, where cases are then transferred to longer-term teams. Social Workers are expected to attend these meetings as part of the handover process.

Where legal proceedings are initiated, the team remains case holder until the first court hearing. Similarly, when a child becomes Looked After, the case remains with the Assessment Team until the first review meeting.

Working Arrangements

• During the first four weeks, successful candidates will be required to attend the Milton Keynes office every day as part of the induction process.
• During Triage Week, office attendance is required every day due to the urgent and responsive nature of the work.
• During the remaining two weeks of the rota, there is flexibility to work from home for up to two days per week (maximum six days over the ten working days), subject to service needs.

Requirements

• Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration.
• Experience of working within Children's Services.
• Strong assessment and safeguarding skills.
• Experience managing Child in Need, Child Protection, and Section 47 work.
• Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced multi-agency environment.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for travel within the community.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. As this role is eligible for an Enhanced DBS check, applicants are required to declare any cautions and convictions that are not protected under current filtering rules.

Apply today to join a team committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for children and young people.