Qualified Social Worker

Qualified Social Worker
Asylum Through Care
Location: North East      
Pay rate:  £34 per hour

Pertemps Social Care are currently recruiting for an experienced Childrens Senior Social Worker to join a busy team in a local authority in the North East, based within the Asylum Through Care team. You will be working with separated migrant young people who are seeking asylum in the UK and refugee care experienced young people aged usually between fifteen to twenty-five.
You will be undertaking the main role of a child in our care social worker, as well as being responsive to the need to accommodate children via the NTS, age assessments responses and working within a small team in relation to offering the best support and services to young people and their adjustment to life in the UK. You will also be supporting young people transitioning from care, completing Pathway Plans, ensuring that young people who you are working with are fully equipped and prepared to navigate their way through to being young adults. You will be working alongside our young people to ensure good outcomes and the service that we provide is the best that it can be. This is an excellent opportunity for a Social Worker who wants to make a difference and join our stable and dedicated team. We have fantastic learning and development opportunities, and we highly value our staff. In this role you will ensure that  every young person within our service to achieve all their aspirations in life, be safe and strive for the best. We want to recruit a passionate Social Worker who can be a strong advocate and work closely alongside partner agencies. Our team help with immigration Solicitor appointments, health appointments and engaging into education and/or seeking employment. You will provide support to help young people develop interdependence and life skills aiding a better future. These skills may include cooking, housekeeping, laundry, shopping, and budgeting. This is a challenging but rewarding role where you can truly make a difference to the lives of children and young people. You’ll be committed to ensure positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Perfect candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
• Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups.
• Creative, flexible and forward thinking in approach.
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.
• Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
• Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
• Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans
• Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service
• Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis
• 4 Years plus Qualified

In this role you will:

• Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessment of risks protection and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed case load.
• Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
• Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.

This role is ideally located for those travelling from  Redcar and Cleveland, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Brotton, Eston, Skelton and Loftus, Middlesbourgh,  Hartlepool,  Scarborough,  Hambleton, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Whitby, Sunderland and Newcastle
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), Child & Family,  MASH, Children Looked After, Localities, Children in Need. Child Protection, Court,  Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.
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