Qualified Social Worker | Safeguarding and Care Planning

Are you looking for an exciting role in Children's Social Work?

Are you looking for a role that is rewarding?

Yes?

Randstad are looking for Qualified Social Workers / Advanced Practitioners and Team Managers to join Oldham Council's Safeguarding and Care Planning Team.

They are a newly improved Local Authority who have invested in more teams across a range of service areas to ensure they continue being the most diverse community within Greater Manchester. They are a Local Authority who will develop and reward your expertise therefore will provide you with a range of support access, continuous professional development and training and development opportunities.

You can expect a fantastic salary of:

QSW - £36,648 - £40,221 / Experienced QSW - £40,221 - £44,428 / Advanced Practitioner - £44,428 - £48,474 / Team Manager - £48,474 - £51,515

Benefits:

• Competitive pay with a £2,000 retention payment
• Free town centre parking
• Essential car user allowance of £500* and mileage expenses at 45p per mile
• Reimbursement of Social Work England professional registration fees, currently £90 per year
• Generous relocation package of up to £8,000
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years' service
• Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
• Discounted gym membership
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more
• Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work
• Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support
• Staff recognition and celebration events
• A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager
• A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
• Clear progression pathways
• Oldham offers a development pathway for Advanced Practitioners, which includes a point of competence recognition and approval to authorise elements of our service delivery.

Responsibilities:

QSW/Experienced QSW

• You will be joining a dynamic and rejuvenated team, where you will be assessing and supporting families through some of the most complex times of their lives.
• You will be expected to understand risk and be able to work with a variety of agencies in order to work together to safeguard and reduce the risks around children at times of need.
• You will have a mixture of casework relating to children in need and child protection
• You will also have to undertake court work, supported by your practice development manager and team manager as required

Advanced Practitioner

• To support staff, including reflective and group supervision, assistance in reflecting on quality of performance as a team and for individuals within the service, and giving technical advice and guidance to staff.
• Assisting the team manager in making sense of quality assurance feedback and data, promoting a learning culture sharing good practice and strengths as well as identifying areas for development and finding ways to ensure consistent high quality.
• To model continual professional development and be accountable for the promotion of social work, good practice and learning from research.
• The caseload is expected to be at approx. 60% to allow for the time and space to deliver the other elements of the role.

Team Manager

• To manage and provide leadership to a team of social work and social care staff, which could include staff from other agencies.
• To co-ordinate the team's activities and ensure delivery is flexible, reliable, and responsive to the needs of Service Users, Carers and Families.
• To make a strategic contribution to the wider development of the Service.

Requirements:

• Social Work Qualification or equivalent
• Social Work England registered
• Enhanced DBS

For more information or confidential discussion, please call Hannah ##### ##### 775.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.