Job type
TemporaryLocation
SolihullWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Qualified Social WorkerIndustry
Healthcare & MedicalPay
£33.30
Senior Social Worker job (Children’s Safeguarding Team) Solihull – £33.30ph - call Samantha on 0121 230 1485
Your new company
Solihull Council are urgently looking to recruit a highly passionate and experienced Senior Social Worker to join the Children's Safeguarding & Support Teams.
Your new role
As an experienced Social Worker in children in need and court work, you will integrate one of our social work pods supported by their line manager and will be expected to focus your work on good quality assessment and dynamic planning and work alongside families and partners to deliver timely and intensive intervention to children and families in need of support. You will also work alongside partners to deliver timely evidence-based interventions both within the child protection process but also within pre-proceedings/care proceedings through to permanency planning.
Each of our teams has an experienced family support worker who will undertake direct work, and a range of practical tasks to support the families you work with.
Each of our teams has an experienced family support worker who will undertake direct work, and a range of practical tasks to support the families you work with.
You will be joining a hardworking and dedicated team of social workers working with some of our most vulnerable children and families. Our social workers are passionate and committed to making a difference in the lives of children, being supported as part of a Child in Need intervention, subject to a child protection plan and / or involved in care proceedings.
This role will pay up to £33.30 per hour depending on experience and a 3-month rolling contract. JD is available upon request. Driving required
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will need to have a recognised professional Social Work qualification (MA/BA/B.Sc. in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or CQSW) and Social Work England registration along with at least 2 years post-qualifying Social Work experience in children and families required.
What you'll get in return
Working with Hays, you will receive a bespoke specialist recruitment service with your own personal consultant. In addition, you will receive:
- Lifelong career partner with over 16 years of recruitment expertise
- Specialist in Adult Social Work Recruitment
- Recruitment partner for Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull and Coventry Councils
- Exclusive access to the latest Qualified Social work vacancies
- Helping you upskill through our My Learning platform, network forums and resources
- Transparency on timesheet/payroll platform - Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella Ltd
- Support for CV writing and interview skills
- Option for PAYE or Umbrella payroll
- *£250 reward for referring another Qualified Social Worker, who we then place.
- You will be offered a competitive salary, but this is dependent on experience.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
