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Coventry City Council are urgently looking to recruit a highly passionate and experienced Senior Social Worker to join the Children and Family assessment team.
Your new role
You will be delivering on the ground social care to support families across Coventry to devise and implement care plans to ensure children can live at home safely, and support where they can't.You will work closely with professionals from a range of agencies including health, education and social care, police and youth offending services, in order to improve lived experiences for children.You will be completing child and family assessments and other types of assessments including: parenting assessments, sibling assessments and risk assessments. Completing child protection enquiries under section 47 of the children act 1989. To hold a complex caseload including children and families: on child in need plans, on child protection plans; in the Pre-proceedings process in court proceedings. This role will pay up to 33.30 per hour depending on experience and a 3-month rolling contract. JD is available upon request. Driving required
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will need to have a recognised professional Social Work qualification (MA/BA/B.Sc. in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or CQSW) and Social Work England registration along with at least 2 years post-qualifying Social Work experience in children and families required.
What you'll get in return
Working with Hays, you will receive a bespoke specialist recruitment service with your own personal consultant. In addition, you will receive:
- Lifelong career partner with over 16 years of recruitment expertise
- Specialist in Adult Social Work Recruitment
- Recruitment partner for Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull and Coventry Councils
- Exclusive access to the latest Qualified Social work vacancies
- Helping you upskill through our My Learning platform, network forums and resources
- Transparency on timesheet/payroll platform - Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella Ltd
- Support for CV writing and interview skills
- Option for PAYE or Umbrella payroll
- *250 reward for referring another Qualified Social Worker, who we then place.
- You will be offered a competitive salary, but this is dependent on experience.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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