Experienced Social Worker - Cared for Children Team
We are recruiting for an experienced Locum Social Worker to join a Cared for Children Team. This role focuses on managing complex cases and ensuring high-quality, child-focused support.
Benefits:
... - Dedicated consultant - one consistent point of contact
- Access to our online e-learning portal to keep your CPD and training up to date
- Weekly payroll
- Two payroll runs each week
- Weekly job updates so you can stay informed about local locum posts
- Refer a friend or colleague and earn up to £300 (ts & cs apply)
Responsibilities:
- Managing a caseload of complex cared-for children cases
- Completing high-quality assessments and ensuring effective risk management
- Developing and implementing robust care plans that promote stability and positive outcomes
- Working closely with children, families, carers, and multi-agency partners
- Contributing to service planning, using your frontline expertise to shape and improve practice
- Ensuring all work meets statutory requirements and best practice standards
To be considered for the role, ideally you will have:
- Minimum 3 years' experience within a Cared for Children / LAC team
- Strong assessment, risk analysis, and care planning skills
- Ability to manage complex cases with confidence and autonomy
- Excellent partnership working and communication skills
- SWE registration and a Social Work degree/diploma
To find out more or discuss this role confidentially, please contact Lynne Thomson @ QSW Hub on 0330 0248 775 or email.
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.
