Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding and Assessment Team (SAAT)

Medicare First ,
Sandwell, West Midlands

Overview

Job Description

Are you a committed and experienced Social Worker looking for a new challenge, or perhaps the next stage in your career? HCL Social Care is working with our client, Sandwell Children's Trust to find a locum Senior Social Worker to work in the Safeguarding and Assessment Team (SAAT). Sandwell Children's Trust is a fairly new trust that, lending it the advantage of being small enough to be a tight-knit unit, but large enough to offer fantastic opportunities. Since the Trust's inception in April 2018, their teams have won awards for Community Cohesion and Youth Justice of the Year Award at the UK wide 2019 Shine a Light Awards. This is a truly excellent opportunity, and somewhere that locums love working in - around 44% of the agency staff that have chosen to work with Sandwell Children's Trust have stayed for a year or more! What you will need for this role: * You must have the right to work in the UK * HCPC registration * Relevant social work qualification with at least 2 years post-qualifying experience * Current DBS/DBS Update Service * Access to a car and a full UK driving licence About Medicare First Medicare First are a nationwide social care recruitment provider specialising in finding qualified social work professionals for temporary and permanent work across the UKs local authorities. We work to provide a fair and ethical service to the workers we represent; it is central to our business ethos. The well-being of vulnerable adults and children and younger people can only be properly supported when our teams deliver on their commitment to our worker community. What Medicare First can offer you: * Medicare First is a first tier recruitment provider to local authorities so you will have access to opportunities before they reach many other agencies * Opportunity as a Medicare First worker to access continued lines of work * Excellent rates of pay both (Umbrella companies, Limited Company and PAYE welcomed) * Your own dedicated consultant who will manage your registrations through to clearance * Your own personal consultant * Regularly meetings and visits with your consultant * Quick and Easy Registration Process If you are passionate about delivering a high standard of social care and would like to work in a supportive forward-thinking environment, we would like to hear from you! Apply online with your CV today. Medicare First 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. *Terms and conditions apply. This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Medicare First 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 endeavor 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.