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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.


<h3>Perks and Benefits:</h3>

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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

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Social Worker - Duty Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Team Manager within the Supporting Our Children team to work full time, based in Blackpool.The salary for this permanent Team Manager Supporting our Children job is up to £51.876 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To monitor and take responsibility for the effectiveness of social care services for children and their family and/or specialist services within your team. Allocate and monitor work.</li><li>To recognise that the role forms part of a broader service provision, whereby the post holder will, on occasion, be expected to manage or support other teams or staff.</li><li>To ensure that staff fully understand the practice expectations of them. This will necessitate setting clear standards and giving appropriate direction, referring to policy and procedure, legislation, National Minimum Standards, inspection frameworks and practice guidance relevant to the team/service.</li><li>To ensure that the supervision of staff is prioritised as central to effective and safe service delivery. Supervision must be regular, undisturbed, reflective in nature and appropriately recorded, distributed and filed in electronic and hard forms in a timely manner. In the fostering service, supervising social workers will undertake supervision of foster carers.</li><li>To be alerted to changes in</li></ul>
&nbsp;Requirements of The Team Manager Supporting our Children Job.<ul>
<li>Degree or equivalent.</li><li>Social Work Qualification.</li><li>Management qualification or willingness to undertake and complete.</li><li>Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.</li><li>Registered with the HCPC</li></ul>
Contact: This Team Manager, Supporting our Children job is advertised by Ashley Eales; 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 Work Team Manager - Supporting our Children

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Social Worker within the Strengthening &amp; Supporting Families Team to work full time based in Blackpool. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £38.890 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<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>Identify risk of abuse and investigate complaints of alleged neglect, abuse, or ill-treatment of children; undertake assessments and, where appropriate, arrange accommodation for children, young people.</li><li>Apply critical reflection and analysis to inform and provide a rationale for professional decision-making</li><li>Use judgement and authority to intervene with individuals, families, and communities to promote independence, provide support and prevent harm, neglect, and abuse (PCF requirement).</li><li>Liaise with colleagues in own and other departments and external agencies to gather information and resources necessary for assessment and care planning activities.</li><li>Work to a range of legal options to support investigation and protection and give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.</li><li>Lead Professional in assessing, planning, and reviewing assessments and care plans of children subject to statutory intervention.</li><li>Ability to understand the Journey of the Child and plan for permanence with the child remaining central to all planning.</li><li>Manage an allocated caseload of complex cases and maintain all statutory responsibilities updating case notes and other records, write reports and maintain chronologies as required.</li><li>Operate effectively within multi-agency and inter-professional partnerships settings and meetings.</li></ul>
Requirements of a Social Worker:<ul>
<li>A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>Approved mental health professional.</li></ul>
Benefits:<ul>
<li>Relocation package up to £8000.</li><li>Social Work registration fee paid for.</li><li>Achievable work/life balance through a range of flexible working options.</li><li>Annual leave package of 25 days (27 days after 5 years, 31 days after 10 years).</li><li>Local government pension scheme.</li><li>Childcare voucher scheme.</li><li>Corporate leisure scheme.</li><li>A range of travel benefits, such as discounted public transport, parking permits, care sharing and cycling schemes.</li></ul>
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 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.

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