Social Worker – Leaving Care

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Southwark.

Team/Specialism: Leaving Care

Pay Rate: £38.50 per hour (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum, 3-Months

Hours: Full-time 

Benefits of working for Global Healthcare Jobs:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable) and extensive equipment provided.
• Revalidation/registration renewal based on length of service
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience recruiting to social work roles (public & private sector)
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
• Access to our online careers hub

Main Duties:

• Offering support to care leavers aged 16 to 25 years old depending on educational status
• Offering support to find suitable housing
• Helping with applications for benefits
• Working with care leavers to form pathway plans
• Helping to arrange further education or with applications to find employment
• Presenting cases to the Commissioning panel when accommodation funds are required
• Carrying out statutory visits
• Support young people with their weekly living allowance
• Carrying out assessments to see what support is required for the care leaver
• Advocating on behalf of the care leaver
• Ensuring all statutory requirements of a care leaver are being met and legislation is fully adhered too
• Maintaining regular contact with the care leaver

Requirements of the Social Worker:

• Degree or equivalent in social work
• Current Social Work England registration
• Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Adam Howlett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.