Qualified Social Worker

Are you an experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated Children's Social Worker?

Yes?

Randstad is recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join Tameside Local Authority's Early Help Team. This is a full-time role with a fantastic pay rate of £37 per hour.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working
• Mileage reimbursement
• Supervision
• Competitive rates of pay
• Weekly pay
• One committed and dedicated point of contact
• Unlimited referrals incentive: £300 voucher for each referral (T&Cs apply)
• Free training programs
• Access to 100s of discounts through the Hapi App
• Free health-care and financial advice via the Hapi App

Responsibilities:

• Support the leadership and management team
• Provide oversight for Early Help referrals received through the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and the Team Around the Setting (TAS)
• Make decisions based on the Tameside Threshold of Need document
• Offer management oversight and case direction to Early Help Advisers, and allocate cases
• Ensure decision-making supports positive outcomes for children, young people, and families
• Professionally challenge where required to ensure effective support is delivered
• Supervise Early Help Advisers and manage their caseloads, ensuring adherence to timescales and performance indicators
• Quality assure decisions made by Early Help Advisers in line with thresholds
• Identify trends, conduct audits, and collect data to enhance service development and training needs
• Work closely with partner agencies (schools, health, social care, police, voluntary sector)
• Support step up/step down processes with Targeted Family Help to ensure appropriate services are in place
• Contribute to the continued development of the Early Help service

Requirements:

• Social Work Degree or equivalent
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced DBS

Experience:

• Children's social work

If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role, please contact Cameron on 0330 024 8775, or Apply Below, and I will be in touch soon.

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.

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