Senior Social Worker - Complex care needs

Our client Wakefield Hiring is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Complex care needs team.

Team Structure and Staffing

The team is a specialist service supporting children with disabilities aged 0-18, responsible for delivering assessments, safeguarding, support packages, and child protection plans. The service is currently undergoing a restructure as part of wider social care reforms, and the successful candidate will join during this period of transition.

Recent staffing changes and absences have resulted in increased caseloads across the team. There are currently six practitioners, with a proportion working part-time. Caseloads typically range between approximately 20-25 cases per worker.

Although caseload numbers may appear high, many cases require lower-frequency visits (e.g. every 12 weeks or 6 months), allowing workloads to be balanced effectively. All cases are currently allocated, and there is no significant backlog.

Skills and Experience

While experience working with children with disabilities is advantageous, it is not essential. The key requirements are:

Understanding of additional needs
Ability to communicate effectively with children and young people
Strong statutory social work skills
Passion for working with children and familiesTraining and support will be provided in relation to disability-specific practice.

Benefits of working with Remedy

A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
Double payrolls each week.

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Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed