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Social Worker

Job Posted: 3 days ago

Salary: £ 32.09 - 42 / Hour
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire

Expire in: 25 days

Job Description

JO Recruitment are looking for experienced Social Workers – Family Safeguarding Swindon (Hybrid Working) £32.09 per hour (PAYE) which is equivalent to £42.00 per hour (Umbrella) Locum Contract

Are you a passionate and experienced Social Worker ready to make a real impact in child protection? We are looking for dedicated professionals to join their forward-thinking Assessment and Child Protection team. Safeguarding and the welfare of children is core to providing a service dedicated to ensuring all children grow up safe from harm. Why This Role? This is more than just another locum position—it's your opportunity to:

• Join a supportive, motivated team that values your expertise

• Work in a flexible hybrid model – 3 days per week in Swindon office • Make a tangible difference in children’s lives every day

• Be part of a service that’s driving positive change in child protection

What You’ll Be Doing In this varied and rewarding position, you will:

• Work independently to hold and effectively manage a more complex and multi faceted caseload

• Work directly with children, young people and families, involving all key family member and prioritising children and young people’s safety

• Carry out meaningful and in-depth ongoing assessments of social need and risk/harm to children with particular focus on parental capacity and parent’s ability to change.

• Recognising harm and risk indicators of different forms of harm for children.

• Ensuring SMART child centred plans are in place so all partners including parents and children can measure and sustain progress in child protection process and planning.

• Provide statutory support to more complex social work cases assessed as high need, high harm, potential or likelihood to access court processes or statutory care

• Write reports for court hearings and to present evidence in court, including Court or Protection and High Court where it is deemed necessary

• To uphold standards of practice for social workers as defined by social Work England (SWE) and in accordance with the BASW Professional Capabilities Framework for Experienced Social Workers.

What We’re Looking For We’re keen to hear from Social Workers who are:

• Qualified (Degree/DipSW/CQSW) and registered with Social Work England

• Proven track record of strengths-based social work with children including safeguarding and child protection

• Experience of detailed court proceedings

• Extensive experience working with children with disabilities would be advantageous • Post graduate qualifications in a relevant area

• Trained Practice Educator or willingness to do training and undertake placement supervision of student social workers

Ready to Take the Next Step? Apply today and be part of a team that’s truly making a difference. Please forward updated CV and a consultant will be in touch about next steps

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