Social Worker Children & Families
Posted Today by SW Locums
£38 Per hour
Undetermined
Hybrid
MK9, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Summary: The role of Social Worker within the Family Support Team in Milton Keynes involves working with children and families, managing a caseload of Child in Need and Child Protection cases. The position offers flexible working arrangements, including office-based work and remote options, with a focus on providing direct support and interventions to families. Applicants must have a minimum of three years of UK experience and be registered with Social Work England.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of approximately 10 families, including Child in Need and Child Protection cases.
- Conduct assessments and provide direct work and interventions for families.
- Participate in supervision every 4 weeks for personal and case management.
- Utilize resources such as FAST and SAIT for family support.
- Complete Section 7 or 37 reports for court cases as needed.
Key Skills:
- Registered with Social Work England.
- Current Enhanced DBS issued within the past 12 months or registered with the DBS Update Service.
- Minimum of 3 years UK experience in a similar statutory setting.
- Ability to manage a mixed caseload of Child in Need and Child Protection cases.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Salary (Rate): £38/hour
City: Milton Keynes
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
SW Locums are offering a Social Worker position within the Family Support Team in Milton Keynes. Family Support Teams are made up of ASYE, Social Workers and Senior Practitioners there is a Deputy Team Manager and a Team Manager.
The post offers condensed working with a FULL 5 DAYS Part time of 3 or 4 days will be considered 37 hours per week – immediate start Applicants must be registered with Social Work England and hold a current Enhanced DBS issued within the past 12 months or be registered with the DBS Update Service.
Minimum requirement - 3 years UK experience within a similar statutory setting. The team hold Child in Need, Child Protection, Looked After Children / Court through to the end of proceedings. On average caseloads are 10 families which is approximately 22 children, everyone’s caseload is a mixture of CIN and CP and the more experienced staff hold court cases but no more than 3 family’s at one time this can include private proceedings completing Section 7 or 37 reports.
Supervision is held every 4 weeks this is personal and case supervision. Our current working arrangements include some flexibility of being office based, undertaking visits and meetings and some working from home (averaging 1-2 days per week FTE). This is with the support of all staff having access to their own smart phone and Surface Pro tablet.
In Family Support the team are very fortunate to have access to FAST and SAIT, who we can refer to for our families to receive direct work, interventions and assessments. This will include parenting skills – boundaries and managing behaviour, specialist assessments – PAMS, Adult Attachment Interview, Story Stems and much more.
At SW Locums you will get:
- Attractive, accurate and super fast rates of pay.
- Committed support with your own, vastly experienced and knowledgeable consultant.
- Straight talking, conscientious and well informed advice.
- We are available 24/7.
- Access to exclusive vacancies nationwide and exclusive training.
- Free DBS and compliance service.
- Industry leading “Refer a Friend” recommendation scheme offering up to £300 for successfully placed referrals.*
- Excellent “Find your own job” bonus – get what you want without limitation for bringing your own position to us *
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