Social Worker - Salford Council - Child Protection

Job Title: Social Worker – Child Protection
Location: Salford City Council
Rate: £39 per hour

Salford Council are looking for a social worker for their safeguarding and support service.

What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will respond to referrals from MASH and complete assessments within 45 days. You will identify needs and work with children and families to provide support and implement plans. Handling section 47 enquiries, CIN, assessments, and planning will be part of your responsibilities. You will collaborate with professionals to support children and their families. Additionally, you will manage cases involving children on child in need plans for short-term periods until they either step down or step up to ICPC, at which point cases will transfer to the longer-term assessment service. You will develop care plans to ensure the safety and well-being of children, and provide immediate support and intervention in crisis situations to protect children from harm. Collaboration with law enforcement, legal professionals, healthcare providers, and community organizations will be essential to coordinate services and support for children and families. You will prepare reports and participate in court proceedings related to child protection cases. Regularly reviewing and updating care plans to reflect the changing needs of children and families will be crucial. Offering emotional support and advocacy for children and families, ensuring their voices are heard in decision-making processes, will be a key part of your role. Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all interactions, assessments, and interventions is essential. Finally, you will participate in ongoing professional development and training to stay current with best practices in child protection.

Benefits of the role

• Support from senior members of staff


• Great Location with public transport links


• Competitive rate of pay

Qualifications and Experiences:
To be successful in this role, you must have Social Work England registration, be eligible to work in the UK, hold a full UK license, have post-qualified experience, and hold a degree level or equivalent qualification in Social Work.

How to apply?
If this is a job for you, feel free to click apply below or if you want to learn more about it, please contact 0345 241 9590.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly


• Twice weekly payroll


• Free DBS and compliance service


• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies


• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal


• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge


• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK


• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*


• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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