Social Worker- SCP-Perm

Safeguarding,care planning and children with disabilities

Social worker - Permanent

32,000 - 42,000

Duties :

• Operating the Multi-Agency Children's Hub (MACH) as the "front door" for all new safeguarding referrals and concerns (as detailed in the previous response). This involves screening, information gathering, and initial risk assessment.
• Initiating Section 47 enquiries under the Children Act 1989 when there are "reasonable grounds to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm." This leads to a formal child protection investigation.
• Convening Child Protection Conferences if an enquiry concludes that a child is at continuing risk of significant harm. These multi-agency meetings determine if a child needs a Child Protection Plan.
• Implementing and reviewing Child Protection Plans, which outline specific actions and responsibilities for the family and various agencies to reduce risk and ensure the child's safety.
• Being a key partner in the South Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership (STSCP), alongside Redcar & Cleveland Council, Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group, and Cleveland Police. This partnership sets the strategic direction for safeguarding and ensures effective multi-agency collaboration.
• Ensuring robust policies and procedures are in place for identifying, responding to, and reporting safeguarding concerns across all council services and partner agencies.
• Providing support and guidance to professionals (e.g., via the Local Authority Designated Officer - LADO) when there are concerns about adults who work with children.
• Maintaining and publishing a Local Offer for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25. This is a comprehensive online resource providing information about education, health, and social care services, leisure activities, money and benefits, and pathways to adulthood available in Middlesbrough.
• Undertaking assessments of children with disabilities and their families to identify their needs for support and services. This includes considering the needs of parent carers and young carers.
• The EHC Plan is a legal document outlining the child's educational, health, and social care needs and the provision required to meet those needs from birth up to age 25.

Requirements :

• Clear enhanced DBS
• Social work qualifications
• Registered with social work England

What can the council offer you?

• 15% extra remuneration package paid monthly
• Relocation package of up to 8,000
• Hybrid working available - service dependant
• Development of a Social Work Academy to assist with progression plans for Social Workers
• Ability to lease electric cars via electric car scheme
• Excellent pension scheme (up to 14% match TBC)

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.