Qualified Social Worker

Total Social are working with Wokingham Borough Council who are looking for an experienced locum Children's Social Worker for their Locality / Long Term Team.

• Provision of high quality and effective services to children, young people and families
• Provision of effective and high quality safeguarding services for children and young people at risk of harm
• Delivery of high quality support and challenge to schools, recognising the council's enduring responsibility to promote the best outcomes possible for its children and students
• Assurance that the council is effective, ambitious and successful as a Corporate Parent to the children and young people in its care
• Development and implementation of effective strategic commissioning for children and adults, working effectively with partners to secure good outcomes
• Delivery of effective and efficient services offering good value for money
• Discharge of the statutory function of the Director of Children's Services, in conjunction with the Lead Member
• Our Long Term Teams work in partnership with families and other professionals to keep children within their naturally connected networks wherever safe and possible. Adopting relationship-based practice, enables us to strive to ensure all our children and families have meaningful and professional encounters with our Social Workers. The ideal candidate for this role will be dynamic and flexible with great inter-personal skills, excellent recording skills, and a sound knowledge of children's legislation and thresholds - as well as the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and be able to multi-task.

To ensure continuity of cases held with our locums, we always look for candidates with staying power and will seek this out in the employment history noted within all applications.

Qualifying candidates require at least three years' post-qualifying experience in direct / permanent employment of an English local authority in children's services.