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Childrens Social Worker - Family Support & Protection - Rochdale

Ashberry Recruitment

Rochdale

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Full time

19 days ago

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits in Rochdale for dedicated Social Workers to join a transformative journey in family safeguarding. As part of a supportive team, you'll manage a manageable caseload while contributing to a new model that emphasizes multi-disciplinary collaboration. This role offers flexible working patterns, regular supervision, and access to training opportunities, ensuring that you thrive in a friendly and modern environment. Join a passionate team that values your commitment and expertise, and help shape the future of social work in Rochdale.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns
Regular reflective supervision
Access to training opportunities
Friendly working environment
Agile working arrangements

Qualifications

  • Enthusiastic and committed Social Workers needed for a new family safeguarding model.
  • Experience in managing caseloads effectively is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Support the transition to a family safeguarding model in Rochdale.
  • Manage a caseload of 20-23 children with a focus on family responses.

Skills

Social Work
Motivational Interviewing

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Children's Social Worker
Team: Family Support and Protection
Location: Rochdale
Rate: £39


Rochdale Family Support and Protection Service need you!


We are looking for enthusiastic and committed Social Workers to join us on an exciting journey to support our transition into a new way of working.


Rochdale is currently at the very start of an exciting transition into the family safeguarding model. To support us in this transition, we need to establish multi-disciplinary teams where specialist practitioners are co-located with social workers under a unified management structure. This enables a multi-disciplinary whole family response through direct assessment. This is a really exciting time for Rochdale, and we need Social Workers to support us in implementing this model.


In return for your commitment, we can offer you the following:

  1. A manageable caseload of between 20 and 23 children, with an aim to reduce caseloads to 17.
  2. Flexible working patterns to fit around your family and personal life.
  3. Regular reflective supervision with an experienced manager.
  4. Access to our new and existing training opportunities, which includes motivational interviewing.
  5. A friendly, modern, and award-winning working environment.
  6. Excellent agile working arrangements.
  7. A supportive and friendly team of Social Workers and Managers who love what they do!

Our agency workers are seen as an important resource for us and are given the same level of support and opportunities as our permanent staff.

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