Locum Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding

HCL ,
Birmingham, West Midlands

Overview

Job Description

Are you a passionate, dedicated Social Worker looking for a new challenge? HCL Social Care is working with our client, Birmingham Children's Trust to recruit a Senior Social Worker to work in a local Children's Safeguarding team. About the Client The Safeguarding teams at Birmingham Children's Trust work with children and families whose needs are so complex or significant that intervention is necessary to prevent risk of harm. Focussed on positive outcomes, they work in challenging yet supportive and collaborative ways, making use of Child Protection Plans and Child in Need Plans. The teams have strong links with the Looked After Children and Education Services, Fostering and Adoption, the Internal Therapeutic Service and the Leaving Care Service. We work closely with a range of partners including the Health Service, Schools Service and our own Independent Reviewing Service to ensure the voices of children and young people are always central to our practice. What you will need: * You must have the right to work in the UK * Social Work England Registration * Clear enhanced DBS * Minimum of 2 years' UK Social Work experience About HCL Social Care HCL Social Care is one of the UK's leading suppliers of highly skilled Social Workers. We work with candidates to provide flexible, career-boosting roles all across the UK. With years of experience, a huge number of awards and relationships with hundreds of local authorities, NHS trusts & private hospitals in every corner of Britain, we can offer you opportunities to suit your lifestyle and ambitions - whether on a locum or permanent basis. We can also support mental health professional at every level, and across a number of disciplines, including Assistant Directors, CAMHS Practitioners, Independent Reviewing Officers, Senior Social Workers, Service Managers, Team Managers, Adult's Qualified Social Workers and Children's Qualified Social Workers. What HCL Social Care can offer you: * Weekly payments * Lucrative referral scheme* * Flexible working hours * Dedicated registration team to help you through the process *Terms and conditions apply HCL is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability. This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. HCL operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.