Qualified Social Worker, Tyne And Wear

Role: Children's Social Worker Location: South Tyneside Pay rate: £26.51 We are looking for an experienced, qualified Social Worker to work in a Children's assessment team. They have remodelled their children's home, developed an edge of care service, rated Outstanding, invested in commitment to children and young people's participation and invested in creating a forward thinking looked after service which places children and young people right at the centre of the services that support them. Having the right culture to practice is important to the children, so it is important to us that your values are centred around achieving the best outcomes possible. As the successful candidate you will undertake single assessments and child protection enquiries. Our Children Services are rated Good and we are a Partner in Practice. The ideal candidate will be: ? Qualified Social Worker registered with HCPC. ? Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups. ? Creative, flexible and forward thinking in approach. ? Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues. ? Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children. ? Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users. ? Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans ? Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service ? Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, inter-agency basis ? 2 years + post qualified experience In this role you will: ? Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessment of risks protection and social care needs. ? Manage an agreed case load. ? Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users. ? Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment. ? Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development. This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:- ? Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to, ? easy registration process, referral schemes and incentives, ongoing compliance managed for you, prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. Please contact Jenny Lloyd for more details on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)