Qualified Social Worker, Complex Safeguarding Team Council

Qualified Social Worker, Complex Safeguarding Team, Manchester City Council
Pay rate to £35 per hour
Contract role

Vitalis is recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to work in a Complex Safeguarding Team in Manchester City Council. This role involves supporting children who are experiencing or vulnerable to exploitation, working within a multi‑agency Complex Safeguarding Hub alongside police, health and partners. The position plays a key role in safeguarding and working with young people at risk of exploitation across Manchester, carrying out assessments and delivering bespoke interventions to reduce harm, raise aspirations, and achieve great outcomes.

The Hub works with young people who are at risk from child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, urban street groups, and serious youth violence. The focus is on building trusted relationships and a trauma‑informed approach with young people while disrupting perpetrators. You will work closely with colleagues from GMP and health and other partners to deliver the best possible response to those at risk.

A key part of the role is to work with colleagues in social work teams across the city to support and advise on exploitation issues and to develop and sustain strong working relationships with a range of partners. The team focuses on the reasons behind the child's presenting behaviours to identify their needs, access the right support at the right time from the right service, whilst addressing safeguarding needs.

We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:

• Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)
• Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
• Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• Looked After Children (LAC)
• Children's Social Work
• Adult Social Work
• Service Manager
• Head of Service
• Team Manager
• Assistant Team Manager
• A wide range of housing roles
• Careers in SEND in local authorities