£36 Per Hour
Full Time
Temporary
Preston, Lancashire
Social Care
Posted 3 hours ago
Expires In 29 Days
Job Description
📍 Lancashire | 💷 £36 per hour | 🕐 Flexible Agency Opportunity
Are you a passionate and experienced Qualified Social Worker with a strong background in Family Safeguarding? We’re looking for someone just like you to join a committed, supportive, and fast-paced Family Safeguarding Team in Lancashire.
🧒 About the Role
You’ll play a key role in delivering early intervention and long-term safeguarding support to children and families. From Section 47 Enquiries to Children in Need work, your involvement starts at day one of planning for permanence.
You’ll work directly with children and families, collaborate closely with key partners like health, education, police, and Integrated Prevention & Earliest Help, and be part of a team that values early help, community support, and sustainable positive outcomes.
Your day-to-day will include:
✅ Assessments, care planning, and risk analysis
✅ Supporting children throughout their safeguarding journey
✅ Engaging families to build resilience and independence
✅ Championing best practices and meaningful change
👤 What We’re Looking For
You’ll need to bring a strong foundation of knowledge, professionalism, and heart to this role. The ideal candidate will be:
- ✅ Registered with Social Work England
- ✅ 4+ years qualified, with strong safeguarding experience
- ✅ Skilled in building trust with children and families
- ✅ Knowledgeable in Child Protection legislation and practice
- ✅ Collaborative – able to work across multi-agency partnerships
- ✅ Flexible, creative, and always striving for better outcomes
- Managing a diverse caseload
- Conducting comprehensive risk and needs assessments
- Creating care plans that reflect diversity, dignity, and empowerment
- Supporting and mentoring students and unqualified staff
- Promoting child-centred practice and sustainable change
This is a locum agency role via Pertemps Social Care, and we’re here to support you at every step:
- A dedicated consultant with access to roles across the UK
- Fast, simple online registration
- Weekly reliable payroll
- Ongoing compliance handled for you
- Generous referral bonuses and rewards
- Access to exclusive vacancies
Ideal for professionals commuting from: Blackpool, Morecombe, Preston, Crosby, Burnley, Bootle, Lancaster, Middleton, Leigh, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Rossendale, Leyland, Accrington, Barrow, Blackburn .
🔄 Not the right fit? We’ve got more!
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work, including: IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, Children Looked After, Localities, Court, Children in Need. Family Safeguarding, Child Protection, Fostering, adoption Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.
💰 Referral Bonus – £250
Know someone who’d be perfect for this or another role? Refer them and earn a £250 bonus – with no limit on the number of referrals!
📩 Get in touch today to apply or learn more. Let’s find the perfect next step in your career. 👇
Vicki Aspinall
Vicki.Aspinall@pprsocialcare.co.uk
07484906671
Division v49
Pertemps Professional Recruitment London
19 Great Winchester Street
London
Greater London
EC2N 2JA
0203 897 1477
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