Children's Social Worker

JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Children's Social Worker
Specialism: Social Worker - Children
Location: Gloucestershire, UK
Salary: £42.00 per hour
Type: Ongoing, Part Time / Full Time

Children's Social Worker within Children's Services in Gloucestershire, earning £42.00 per hour. This ongoing locum opportunity offers both part-time and full-time flexibility, providing an excellent platform to develop your career while making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people. Working within Gloucestershire County Council, you will manage complex casework, deliver high-quality interventions, and collaborate with partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

Perks and benefits

• Part Time / Full Time: Choose a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Hourly Pay: Earn £42.00 per hour, providing flexibility and excellent financial reward.
• Ongoing Training: Access continuous professional development opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge.
• Career Progression: Explore a variety of pathways to further your career within children's social care.
• Networking Opportunities: Work alongside a diverse range of professionals and partner agencies to broaden your experience.
• Locum Flexibility: Enjoy the variety, autonomy, and career-enhancing opportunities that locum work provides.

What you will do

• Case Management: Manage a varied caseload involving Children in Need, Child Protection, Looked After Children, and permanency planning.
• Assessment: Complete assessments, care planning, statutory reviews, and reports within required timescales.
• Safeguarding: Undertake child protection investigations and contribute to safeguarding processes in accordance with legislation and guidance.
• Care Planning: Develop child-focused plans that promote safety, wellbeing, and positive long-term outcomes.
• Relationship Building: Establish effective working relationships with children, families, carers, and partner agencies.
• Multi-Agency Working: Attend and contribute to child protection conferences, strategy meetings, reviews, and court proceedings.
• Report Writing: Prepare clear, evidence-based assessments, reports, and court documentation.
• Permanency Planning: Support children through transitions including fostering, adoption, reunification, and long-term care arrangements.
• Partnership Working: Collaborate with education, health, police, and other professionals to deliver coordinated support.
• Equality and Inclusion: Promote eq