Are you a skilled and passionate Social Worker ready to be the frontline response for children and families?
Are you looking for an exciting role within the Children and Families Service where you can showcase your experience and skills?
Yes?
Randstad are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join Dumfries and Galloway Children's and Families Service This is a full time role offering a fantastic competitive pay rate.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Competitive rates of pay
- Mileage reimbursement
- Supervision
- Weekly pay
- One committed and dedicated point of contact
- An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a 300 voucher for anyone you refer to us (T&Cs apply)
- A full range of free training available
- Access to 100s of discounts through the Happi App
- Free healthcare, medical and financial advice available
Responsibilities:
- The most crucial duty involves protecting children and young people who are at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect. This includes: Investigating child protection concerns reported via the Single Access Point.
- Undertaking initial screening and referral discussions (IRD) with partner agencies (Police, Health).
- Carrying out assessments of risk and need.
- Implementing and monitoring Child's Plans.
- Fulfilling statutory duties relating to children who are looked after by the local authority, including those in foster care or residential placements, to ensure they are well looked after and achieve positive outcomes.
- Recruiting, assessing, and supporting foster carers and adoptive parents to provide stable, loving homes for vulnerable children.
- Providing support and assistance to children who are being cared for by extended family members or family friends.
- Providing a range of support to children and families who are struggling to cope. This often involves:
- Working directly with the whole family in various settings.
- Offering practical assistance, advocacy, guidance, and advice.
- Helping families build parenting skills and confidence.
- Establishing routines and building life skills.
- Identifying needs and providing support at the earliest opportunity to prevent issues from escalating. This is a priority area to safeguard and support the wellbeing of children.
- Undertaking assessments (often using a relationship and strengths-based model like 'Signs of Safety' ) to identify the support required for children and their families.
- Working with partner services, such as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), to address the mental health and wellbeing needs of young people.
- Collaborating closely with other professionals and agencies, including schools (Named Persons/Head Teachers), health services (NHS), Police Scotland, and third-sector organisations, to deliver integrated services and share relevant information legally and transparently.
- Working in partnership to implement a child's plan and monitoring/contributing to its evaluation.
Requirements:
- Social Work Degree
- SSSC registration
- PVG
Experience:
If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Hannah on (phone number removed) or . Otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon.
Are you thinking about a change in your career but not sure about this role? Whether you are an existing candidate, new to the locum market and are exploring some options or looking for a new permanent role, we have several exciting opportunities with competitive pay & flexibility. If you wish to discuss this further please contact me on the details above.
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.
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