Childrens Social Worker

Our Client, Northamptonshire Childrens Trust , is seeking an experienced Children's Social Worker to join their Adoption - SGO Team

Fantastic payrate of £35 P/h

Are you a Childrens Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

• Adoption experience required
• Working days in office - usually 1 day per week, but maybe 2 if there is a need since duty is done in the office. Wednesday preferably so that she can attend team meetings on alternate Weds. Maybe asked to attend for other meetings or events on occasions and needs to be able to respond and attend core hours with 24 hours' notice.
• Visits will take up around 30% of their working time and this is on top of around six days a month in the office. Most of our SWs carefully plan their visits to minimise travel and some meetings can be online, in the final stages of pulling together an assessment where it is just practical issues to refine, but the standard is that face to face is best for the rapport building a and information gathering.
• Caseload - This cannot be numerically quantified as cases have different levels of complexity, but caseloads are viewed by staff to be manageable and are carefully monitored.
• Whilst we only require around 6 days a month in the office, we do not do the bulk our assessment work virtually, we expect social workers to meet in person with families. This means that it will be required that they can be in the Northamptonshire area to do visits with families regularly.

Requirements of this role:

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have minimum of 2 years' post qualified experience.

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!