Social Worker – Supported Lodgings – Medway

Role:  Qualified Social Worker
Location:  Medway
Team: Connected Persons
Pay:  Up to £38 per hour
Contract:  Full Time Locum

Our client in Medway is looking for an experienced Qualified Social Worker to join their flourishing Connected Persons team in Childrens Services.

They need a Qualified Social Worker that is ready to help vulnerable children and their families really succeed and affect change. There are lots of progression opportunities too, with regular panels in place for internal promotions. The Managers are there to help you achieve your goals as much as you are there to help them achieve theirs. Do to an increase in cases the team have funding for a additional member of staff to help support the Children of Medway.

Responsibilities of the role:

• To assess, plan, and use evidence based analytical practice to assess prospective supported lodgings providers.
• To contribute to the recruitment of supported lodgings providers, with involvement in an active recruitment campaign, being responsible for responding to initial enquiries, undertaking initial visits, and co-hosting information sessions.
• To work to a structured time management practice; responding to enquiries, submitting reports, assessments and plans within regulated timescales. 
• To supervise approved supported lodgings providers and support their work with young people transitioning to independent living. 
• To contribute to the delivery of a highly effective Children’s Social Care Service, taking responsibility for working and managing a caseload within a framework of appropriate supervision. (This will be dependent upon the complexities of the cases and the post qualification experience of the social worker).

You will need to have at least completed an ASYE in Childrens Services and have 2+ years experience in fostering to be eligible for this post in Medway for a Qualified Social Worker in Supported Lodgings team.

As well as an ASYE, you also need:

•    Social Work England Registration
•    Social Work Qualification
•    Right to Work in the UK

Why use Sheldon Phillips to find your next role? It's simple really - we aren't pushy or too needy.....we know that what you want is to be listened to! You want an agency that will pro-actively look for what you want to do, rather than us focussing on the roles that will benefit us financially.

That's why we have been so successful, because this is YOUR job search, not ours.

If you want to know more about this Qualified Social Worker role with a Supported Lodgings team in Medway, give Fred Thomas a call on 01635 226350

Oh, and if you pass our details onto a friend and we place them, we are paying a massive £300 referral bonus for successful locum placements and up to £500 for permanent positions! (Terms and conditions apply)