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Ashberry Recruitment are always recruiting for agency Social Workers and Support Workers for Social Work Teams across The North of England.
This requirement is for a Social Worker to join our client Blackburn with Darwen Council and their Assessment/Safeguarding/CP Team.
Blackburn with Darwen Children’s Services require an experienced Qualified Children’s Social Worker to work in the Assessment/Safeguarding/CP team on a full time, 37 hours a week basis.
Experience in using Protocol Liquid Logic is desirable but not essential, and it is highly desirable to have good IT inputting skills.
The main areas of work will be Assessment, Child Protection and Court work plus some Child In Need work. The role entails outcome-focused SMART planning and good electronic recording skills to ensure the statutory social work service is fulfilled, alongside standard tasks – completing key assessments, carrying out stat visits, leading Core Group and CIN meetings, and writing good quality Court reports etc.
Managers are easily available to access for advice and support and the building is Covid Secure and open plan with meeting rooms.
During the current pandemic, there is a ‘bubble’ arrangement for staff in the department as per a rota with a mixture of working from home and in the office as required. This arrangement may require some flexibility at times, as you will be required to follow any requirements to meet the service needs.
There are virtual meeting arrangements using Microsoft Teams with all social workers provided with a tablet and smartphone, plus free car parking behind the building when working from the office site.
Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:
With the current covid circumstances, there is home/remote/agile working available within a lot of these requirements along with suitable allocation of PPE.
Ashberry Recruitment have a team of specialist Social Work Consultants who are here to help you find your next contract and support you through your agency Social Work career.
Please contact Gavin our Senior Specialist Social Work Recruiter on 01282 525 510 or 01282 447729 should you like to discuss this vacancy or should you wish to discuss ANY other Social Work vacancies of any nature within the North of England and surrounding areas.