Location: Redcar & Cleveland
Pay Rate: £34.45 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract Type: Full-time (37 hours per week), Ongoing locum contract
Working Model: Hybrid (Office-based in Redcar with home working and home visits)
Role Overview
An empathetic and highly skilled Qualified Social Worker is required to join a specialist Pre-Birth Team in Redcar & Cleveland.
This specialist role focuses on completing pre-birth assessments, identifying early risks, and building strengths-based support plans for expectant parents and their unborn babies. Working with a dedicated focus on early intervention and safeguarding, you will support families from pregnancy through the early months, ensuring timely decision-making and seamless care pathways where statutory intervention or court proceedings are required.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete comprehensive, trauma-informed pre-birth assessments in line with local statutory guidelines and timescales.
- Lead Section 47 safeguarding enquiries and hold multi-agency strategy discussions where significant risk to an unborn child is identified.
- Formulate, implement, and review pre-birth Child in Need (CIN) and Child Protection (CP) plans.
- Prepare clear, evidence-based court statements and discharge plans; attend Family Court hearings where care proceedings are necessary.
- Work collaboratively with midwifes, health visitors, perinatal mental health services, substance misuse teams, and family support agencies.
- Advocate for the voice of the child and deliver anti-oppressive practice that supports parents through early parenting support.
Requirements & Experience
- Qualification: Degree/Diploma in Social Work (BA, BSc, MA, DipSW).
- Registration: Active registration with Social Work England (SWE).
- Experience: Minimum 2 years post-qualifying experience in statutory Children & Families social work, with direct experience completing pre-birth assessments, court proceedings, and child protection plans.
- Knowledge: Deep understanding of early child development, perinatal risk factors, the Children Act 1989/2004, and local pre-birth protocol pathways.
- Transport: Full UK driving license with access to a reliable vehicle for community visits.
What Is Offered
- Excellent pay rate of £34.45 per hour.
- Hybrid working setup offering flexibility between home, office, and community visits.
- Supportive, specialist team environment with access to regular reflective supervision.
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.
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