Qualified Social Worker - Children's Locality Team

Posted 02 October 2018
Salary £28.00 - £32.00 per hour + Negotiable, depending on experience
LocationSouth London
Job type Contract
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceHOL965788_1538490809
Contact NameHolly Astrop

Job description

Remedy Recruitment Group are currently seeking an experienced Qualfied Social Worker to work within a Children's Locality Team for a Local Authority based in South London.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced social worker with a strong background in child protection. We are actively looking to set up a project with the objective to decrease staff caseloads to 15-18 cases per worker and are in urgent need of more social workers to facilitate this.

All candidates will have at least three years front line experience. Have worked in a child protection team undertaking section 47, taking cases to CP conferences, writing CP reports, chairing core group meetings, doing direct work with children, managing complex cases. This may also mean taking cases to court. You may also work with children in care.

Successful candidates will enjoy the following benefits -

- Manageable caseloads

-Professional development. Commitment by this authority to the training staff.

-Flexible working allowing the opportunity to work from home as all staff supplied with chrome books to facilitate this.

-Car parking provided at workplace

-Mileage reimbursed

-Supportive supervision

-Toil, where it is previously agreed by management

Please contact Holly at Remedy on 0208 418 7676 for further information, alternatively please respond to this advert with a copy of your most recent CV