Support & Safeguarding - Social Worker (North)
Pay rate in line with the pledge - £38 Umbrella / £30.22 PAYE
Wiltshire Council
The North Support and Safeguarding Service works with children, young people, and their families from early help through to permanence
Location (office): Monkton Park, Chippenham.
• The hub is easily accessed by the M4.
• You will have access to free, priority parking.
• Team is positioned adjacent to the towns train station, with easily links to Bristol and Bath in under 30 minutes, and 1 hours 15 to London.
• Team has access to pool car supporting efficient commuting.
• Hybrid working model, so you will also have more opportunities to work remotely from home or across the county.
The North Support and Safeguarding Service works with children, young people, and their families from early help through to permanence. We are looking for an experienced Social Worker to join the team.
The team benefits from a permanent management structure headed by Team Manager, with Assistant Team Managers who offer direct supervisory role to Social Workers and pride themselves on offering quality monthly supervision through reflective, open, and strength-based support.
They offer multi-disciplinary team support including key workers who will co-work cases with you as lead social worker. We offer dedicated Practitioner Support; these roles are in place to support with minute taking of your meetings with families and professionals (CIN and Core Group review meetings).
About the role
''We are ambitious for our families and child, for our staff and for ourselves and are determined to see all Wiltshire families thrive. If you share this vision then please get in contact and help us to continue being a progressive, supportive, and learning organisation.
A ‘one journey’ model means you stay with the child from the front door right the way through to permanence if required. We are looking for a Social Worker with experience in referral and assessment casework and leading on Child in Need and Child Protection plans and, in some instances, supporting legal processes to secure a child or young person’s permanence.
The successful candidate will be provided a protected casework, using a case weighting tool. The successful candidate be able to apply a hybrid working model, so you will also have more opportunities to work remotely from home or across the county.''
Benefits of working for Hoop:
- 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
- Your local agency based in Cardiff
- Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in Welsh throughout your job search 🏴
- PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
- Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
- Twice weekly payroll
- Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
- Refer a friend scheme available
- Birthday gifts 🎂* (after 1 year in service)
- Wellbeing sessions
To apply for this role, you will need to hold -
- A relevant Social Work Qualification
- Registration with Social Care Wales
- Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
- 3 Years of referencing
- Driving license with access to a car
Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.
Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on 02922 400519 if you want to find out more.
Support & Safeguarding Social Worker - Wiltshire Council (North)