Senior Social Worker - CYPT Team

Do you have experience in Children's services? Do you want to be part of a welcoming and experienced team? Or are looking to step up to be a Senior Social Worker? Barnsley Council are looking to recruit a social worker to support their Children and Young People service. The contract will be for an initial 3-6 months with potential for extension subject to internal circumstance and performance.

Competitive rate of £40 per hour available. Responsible for:

-Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy, and guidance
-Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally.

-Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

-Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people, and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.

-Maintain up to date, accurate and high-quality records of activity on cases.

-Participate in a range of planning and decision-making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews
-Write court reports and give evidence in relation to children at risk during legal proceeding.

Minimum Requirements:

-SWE Registration
-2 year post qualifying experience within UK
-Eligibility to work in the UK ?

Benefits of working with Randstad:

-£300 referral scheme
-Dedicated consultant
-Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
-DBS and Compliance Service
-Quick and Easy Registration Process
-Access to CPD To discuss this role or similar vacancies available please contact Nathan Emmerson via: t:
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone. Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.