Agency Social Worker – Safeguarding Team

Ashberry Recruitment are always recruiting for agency Social Workers for our clients across the North of England.

This particular requirement is for a number of Agency Social Workers to join our client Bolton Council and their Children Service Safeguarding Team.

Our client are ideally looking for Social Workers with at least 3 years experience to join their Safeguarding Childrens team.

Must have knowledge of:

• Safeguarding
• Child Protection and CIN
• Court Reports
• Working within statutory deadlines, etc within a Safeguarding Team

Full time post working 37 hours per week.

Free on site parking at office base.

Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work and be registered with Social Work England as a qualified Social Worker.
• Have a full driving licence and car available for work along with business insurance.
• Have an enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on the information available, ensuring effective relationships with other professionals.
• Have the ability to work within and contribute to a team.
• Possess knowledge of service needs for ethnic minority communities.
• Have confident IT skills and be able to navigate an electronic file system.
• Have the ability to write clear, concise and robust reports.
• Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises.

Contracts are generally offered as full-time but part time and flexible working hours may be considered. Contracts are normally offered over a 3-month period initially before rolling on for another 3 more months at a time.

With the current covid circumstances, there is home/remote/agile working available within a lot of these requirements but practitioners must be willing to conduct home or office visits when the service requires this (within current guidelines).

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 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.