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JOB-20240819-db742659

<h2>Social Worker - Duty &amp; Assessment Team</h2>

Specialism: Social Worker - Children's Services 
 Location: Halton, UK 
 Salary: £39.00 per hour 
 Contract Type: Ongoing 
 Work Type: Part Time / Full Time


<h3>Overview</h3>

And just like magic, here's your job description for the Social Worker - Duty &amp; Assessment Team in Halton.

Are you ready to embrace an exciting opportunity that places you at the heart of safeguarding and supporting children and families? As a valued member of Halton Borough Council's Duty &amp; Assessment Team, you'll be the crucial first point of contact for referrals into Children's Social Care - identifying needs, assessing risks, and ensuring every child receives the protection and care they deserve. Whether you prefer part-time or full-time work, this ongoing role offers flexibility, professional growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact in your community.


<h3>Perks and Benefits</h3>

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Flexible Hours: Choose between part-time or full-time work to suit your lifestyle.
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Competitive Pay: Earn £39.00 per hour, rewarding your skill and dedication.
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Ongoing Contract: Enjoy professional stability while developing your expertise within the council.
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Career Development: Access continuous learning and training to progress your career.
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Supportive Team: Work in a reflective, collaborative environment where your wellbeing matters.
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<h3>What You Will Do</h3>

1. Assessment and Casework

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Undertake timely, high-quality statutory assessments in line with the Children Act 1989 and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018).
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Visit families post-referral, assessing needs and risks to create strengths-based, outcome-focused plans.
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Manage a varied caseload and maintain detailed, accurate records.
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Lead Section 47 inquiries, attend strategy meetings, and produce professional reports for reviews and court proceedings.
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2. Safeguarding and Risk Management

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Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns promptly and effectively.
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Work collaboratively wi
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Sanctuary Personnel

Social Worker - Duty & Assessment Team

JOB-20240819-db742659

<h1>Locum Social Worker - Duty Team</h1>

Specialism: Social Worker - Children 
 Location: Wigan, UK 
 Hourly Rate: £40.00 per hour 
 Contract Type: Ongoing 
 Working Pattern: Part Time / Full Time


Join the Duty Team in Wigan as a Locum Social Worker and make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families. This ongoing role offers both part-time and full-time options, providing flexibility while allowing you to engage in diverse, high-impact social work. Working in a fast-paced environment, you will balance independent decision-making with collaborative practice, supporting families at the earliest stages of intervention.


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Hourly Pay: £40 per hour, giving you flexibility and control over your earnings.
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Part-Time / Full-Time Options: Choose the hours that suit your lifestyle and career goals.
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Professional Development: Access ongoing training and development to enhance your social work expertise.
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Diverse Experience: Work with a wide variety of cases, expanding your professional skills.
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Supportive Environment: Join a dynamic team with access to a Duty Academy and peer learning.
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<h3>What You Will Do:</h3>

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Participate in the Duty Cycle, being on duty one week in five, providing expert assessment and decision-making.
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Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including Team Managers, Advanced Practitioners, and Senior Social Workers.
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Conduct early-stage assessments and interventions to safeguard children and support families effectively.
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Address complex cases, applying analytical and creative problem-solving to achieve sustainable solutions.
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Ensure smooth transfer of cases to long-term teams for ongoing support.
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Empower children and families to set goals and achieve positive outcomes through guided action.
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<h3>Why Wigan?</h3>

Wigan combines charm with excellent transport links to major UK cities. The town offers cultural activities, parks, and green spaces that support a healthy work-life balance. Friendly, welcoming, and vibrant, Wigan provides an enriching environment for both professional and personal growth.


<h3>Working with Sanctuary Personnel:</h3>

Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency for social work and healthcare roles. With a

Social Worker - Duty Team

JOB-20240819-db742659Job Title: Senior Social Worker – Duty and Assessment Team Location: Bradford, UK Salary: £35 per hour Duration: 3 months, full time Join the vibrant city of Bradford as a Senior Social Worker within our dedicated Duty and Assessment Team. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced social workers to immerse themselves in meaningful work, enjoy flexibility, and receive competitive pay on a locum basis. The position offers a full-time commitment over a three-month period where your skills and expertise will make a huge impact. Perks and benefits: <ul>
<li>Experience the flexibility of locum work, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life effortlessly whilst exploring different opportunities.</li><li>Benefit from continuous professional development with access to training and growth opportunities within the team.</li><li>Enjoy the competitive and rewarding hourly rate that fairly compensates your expertise and efforts, giving your wallet a little extra stretch each month.</li><li>Engage with a diverse community, enhancing your professional portfolio. Every day will be different as you tackle new challenges.</li></ul>
 What you will do: <ul>
<li>Conduct thorough assessments of children and families to identify their needs and risks.</li><li>Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure the delivery of coordinated services.</li><li>Provide support and advice to families, helping them access further services as required.</li><li>Take part in regular team meetings to evaluate the progress and outcomes of your cases.</li><li>Maintain detailed and accurate records in compliance with legislation and departmental guidelines.</li></ul>
 Bradford offers an enriching lifestyle, combining historic charm with modern amenities. It's a city renowned for its cultural diversity and lively community spirit. With its beautiful countryside landscapes and vibrant city life, Bradford is not only a great place to work but also a wonderful location to explore and unwind in. Grab this opportunity for professional and personal growth in a city full of opportunities. Working with Sanctuary Personnel: Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency for roles. With an ‘Excellent’ rating on Trustpilot from over 1,000 reviews and many prestigious industry awards, we are dedicated to finding you the best possible rates in roles that match your skills and experience.

Senior Social Worker - Duty and Assessment Team

JOB-20240819-db742659Job Title: Social Worker – Duty and Assessment Location: Halifax, UK Salary: £35.00 per hour Contract: Ongoing Hours: Full Time / Part TimeWe are seeking an experienced Social Worker to join the Duty and Assessment team within Calderdale Children’s Social Care. This is a rewarding locum opportunity, offering flexible full-time or part-time hours to suit your lifestyle while providing essential statutory social work services to children and families.
<h3>Perks and Benefits</h3>
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Flexible working arrangements with full-time or part-time options</li><li>
Competitive hourly rate reflecting your expertise and commitment</li><li>
Exposure to a diverse caseload, enhancing professional experience</li><li>
Opportunities for professional development and networking</li><li>
Supportive and collaborative team environment</li></ul>

<h3>Purpose of the Role</h3>
To deliver statutory social work services for children and families referred to Calderdale Children’s Social Care. The role involves undertaking timely assessments, safeguarding investigations, and interventions, ensuring children are protected and their welfare promoted.
<h3>Key Responsibilities</h3>
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Conduct initial and core assessments in line with the Children Act 1989/2004 and Calderdale Council procedures</li><li>
Make informed decisions regarding the level of intervention, including early help, safeguarding, or statutory services</li><li>
Conduct visits, interviews, and direct work with children to identify needs, risks, and protective factors</li><li>
Prepare clear, evidence-based assessments and reports to support decision-making</li><li>
Collaborate with multi-agency teams to ensure comprehensive care and safeguarding plans</li></ul>

<h3>Why Halifax?</h3>
Halifax is a vibrant town with a rich history, strong community spirit, and beautiful surrounding landscapes. Enjoy a thriving cultural scene, excellent local amenities, and a welcoming environment for both work and leisure.
<h3>Working with Sanctuary Personnel</h3>
Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency with an ‘Excellent’ Trustpilot rating from over 1,000 reviews. We are dedicated to matching skilled professionals with rewarding roles, ensuring the best rates and career opportunities.

Social Worker - Duty and Assessment

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Referral &amp; Assessment Team to work full time based in Bexley. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £46,191 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Investigate complaints of alleged neglect, abuse or ill treatment&nbsp; of children, undertake assessments and where appropriate arrange accommodation for children and young people.</li><li>Assess children and their families who may require a Social Work Service and investigate reports that children are suffering or are likely to suffer harm.</li><li>Draw up plans with and for individual children and their families (including plans for service provision to children in need, plans for protection of children, care plans for looked after children).</li><li>Undertake preventative work with families in order to reduce the need for care or accommodation.</li><li>Work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.</li><li>Work closely with colleagues across the Council and External Agencies in order to gather information relevant to assessment and care planning activities.</li><li>Make recommendations to the Team Leader and others about the need for legal action in respect of a child and about use of resources.</li><li>Act as named key worker and implement agreed plans for the production of children, care of children and service provision and to monitor and review those plans.</li><li>Maintain and update case notes and other records, as required.</li><li>Carry out these duties in accordance with legal requirements and Bexley procedures, and advise manager in advance where this is likely to be difficult to achieve.</li><li>Ensure that Borough resources (including social work time) are used economically, effectively and efficiently and to alert supervisors to any shortfall in resources.</li><li>Prepare reports for, attend and contribute to case conferences, reviews and other meetings as necessary.</li><li>Tke responsibility for their own and colleagues welfare by identifying, acknowledging and discussing the stresses of the work and by ensuring that they themselves and colleagues are not exposed to unnecessary risk of violence.</li><li>Attend training and keep abreast of new research, guidance and law; to use what has been learned in practice, and to participate in initiatives to review and improve social work practice and service delivery within the team.</li><li>Undertake other duties as directed by the Unit Manager or required by the department.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: This Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

Social Worker - Referral & Assessment Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Duty &amp; Assessment Team to work full time based in Northamptonshire. 
 
 The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43.237 per annum. 
 
 Main duties:

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<li>Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance.</li>

<li>Assess family functioning, providing help and support, when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or wellbeing of children at risk of abuse or neglect.</li>

<li>Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety or ability to participate in their community is restricted.</li>

<li>Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest there may be a need to remove a child from their parents or carers.</li>

<li>Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.</li>

<li>Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.</li>

<li>Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, for example, working with people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or diminished capacity.</li>

<li>Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews.</li>

<li>Act as Practice Educators for social work qualifying course students on practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.</li>

<li>Working with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.</li>

<li>Hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers, as and when required.</li>

<li>Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development activity and responding to feedback on performance.</li>

<li>Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross functional output.</li>
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Requirements of the Social Worker role:

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<li>CQSW, DipSW, BA Social Work of equivalent professional qualification.</li>

<li>Management qualification at least at Level 4.</li>

<li>At least 1 years' experience of supervising professional staff.</li>

<li>Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation.</li>

<li>Ability to travel independently to all required areas by the job's responsibilities.</li>
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Contact: 
 This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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. 
 
 As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. 
 
 Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). 
 
 With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 
 
 Reasonable Adjustments: 
 If you consi

Social Worker - Duty & Assessment Team 

JOB-20240819-db742659Job Title: Locum Social Worker within Assessments Team Job Location: Hull, UK Salary: £35.48 Hourly Employment Type: Full Time/Part Time Position Duration: Ongoing Are you seeking an exhilarating opportunity in Social Work that will push your skills to new heights? Join our dynamic Assessments Team in Hull and enjoy a stimulating career where each day brings something new. Whether you prefer full-time or part-time work, this locum position offers the flexibility and financial rewards you desire. Perks and benefits:- Hourly Salary: Enjoy a competitive hourly rate of £35.48 that gives you financial freedom and the flexibility to manage your own schedule. - Enhanced Work-Life Balance: Enjoy the flexibility of part-time or full-time work that adapts to your lifestyle and personal commitments. - Gain Diverse Experience: As a locum social worker, you’ll have the chance to work with various cases, broadening your expertise and career prospects. - Expand Your Professional Network: Meet diverse professionals and expand your career connections within the UK social work community. What you will do:- Manage a varied caseload of children requiring initial assessments, ensuring their needs are met with sensitivity and professionalism - Participate actively in the duty cycle, facilitating smooth allocations into our services - Collaborate with other professionals to ensure comprehensive care and utilise multi-agency support - Maintain detailed documentation and reports to monitor progress and outcomes - Provide emotional and practical support to children and families during assessments - Facilitate referrals and signpost families to appropriate services Nestled in the charming and bustling city of Hull, this role offers more than just a job. Enjoy rich cultural heritage, vibrant social scenes, and a welcoming community that's perfect for both singles and families. Dive into the Hull adventure and let it be the backdrop to your next career move! Working with Sanctuary Personnel: Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency for roles. With an ‘Excellent’ rating on Trustpilot from over 1,000 reviews and many prestigious industry awards, we are dedicated to finding you the best possible rates in roles that match your skills and experience.

Social Worker - Assessments Team

JOB-20240819-db742659We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker within the Assessment Team in Hull, earning a competitive £35.48 per hour. This ongoing position offers both full-time and part-time options for a motivated individual ready to take on the challenge of supporting children and families in need of first assessments. You'll play a crucial role in the duty cycle for allocations into the service, ensuring each case receives the focused attention it deserves. Perks and Benefits:<ul>
<li>Hourly Salary: Enjoy the flexibility and attractive remuneration of £35.48 per hour, giving you control over your work-life balance while providing essential services.</li><li>Professional Growth: Gain experience and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic environment. Work alongside seasoned professionals dedicated to making a difference.</li><li>Flexible Working Options: Whether you prefer full-time focus or part-time balance, we offer options to fit your lifestyle.</li><li>Networking Opportunities: Connect with other professionals in the field, expanding your career opportunities and professional relationships.</li></ul>
 What you will do:<ul>
<li>Manage a varied caseload of children requiring initial assessments and be an integral part of the duty cycle for service allocations.</li><li>Conduct in-depth assessments to determine the needs of children and families, making informed recommendations for their welfare.</li><li>Work collaboratively with other agencies and professionals to ensure comprehensive support and effective plans for children and families.</li><li>Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring that all documentation reflects the thorough assessments conducted.</li><li>Stay up-to-date with the latest legislation and safeguarding procedures to provide the highest standard of care and advice.</li></ul>
 Hull is known for its unique charm and welcoming community. A city that's as rich in culture as it is in opportunity, you’ll find competitive living costs, vibrant social scenes, and a supportive professional network. With its historical roots and seaside proximity, Hull offers a fantastic quality of life for those looking to make a real difference in social work. Join us and discover why Hull is such a great place to live and work. Working with Sanctuary Personnel:Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency for roles. With an ‘Excellent’ rating on Trustpilot from over 1,000 reviews and many prestigious industry awards, we are dedicated to finding you the best possible rates in roles that match your skills and experience.

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