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Are you an experienced care worker looking for the next step in your career? This is an exciting opportunity to join our intermediate and reablement services as a Community Services Coordinator.

This role differs from a traditional Care Coordinator position you'll be supporting not only our own services, but also other healthcare organisations, including the local hospital. The focus is on helping individuals return home safely and confidently, with the right support in place from community therapy, nursing, housing, frailty, and social care services.

Location: Swindon

Salary: 26,000 per year, plus additional earning for shared on-call duties

Hours: 40 hours per week + shared on-call rota

You'll play a vital role in promoting independence, planning seamless discharges, and supporting people as they transition back into the community when hospital care is no longer required.

What you'll be doing:

• Working closely with your multidisciplinary team to review and adapt care in collaboration with healthcare professionals.
• Supporting customers to achieve their personal goals and outcomes with a holistic, person-centred approach.
• Assisting your lead with rostering and allocation of care workers, ensuring continuity of care, location efficiency, and skill matching.
• Communicating effectively with staff, providing guidance, resolving queries, and maintaining accurate records on relevant systems.
• Handling confidential information with integrity and treating every client with empathy and respect.

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• At least 1 year of experience in health and social care (community-based experience preferred).
• Health and Social Care qualifications (NVQ Level 2 or above).
• Strong organisational skills and ability to stay calm under pressure.
• Confidence in liaising with healthcare professionals, including advising on equipment and medication needs.

Desirable:

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Experience working across a range of healthcare settings.

What we offer in return:

We provide excellent training and ongoing support, with opportunities for career progression and additional industry-recognised qualifications. You'll receive 28 days of annual leave inclusive of public holidays and a workplace pension with Nest. Staff also benefit from access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme, our Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured), and a local motor maintenance discount. We also run a refer-a-friend scheme to reward you for introducing new team members.

Please note : All positions with First City Nursing and Care are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, and completion of mandatory training. This role does not offer sponsorship. If this position isn't the right fit, we may suggest other suitable opportunities within our organisation.

• To be able to support and attend the meeting such as ICPC, Placement Panel Meeting, chair professionals meetings on behalf of the SW's where needed or in the absence of the TL/PM.
• To support/ guide the staff with the court cases where appropriate.
• To support the team leader/practice manager as needed to undertake senior social work tasks such as support with managing duty and assisting less experienced staff, this may include supervisory tasks, support with case direction, joint visits to families and co working cases.
• To manage a complex case load, have clear threshold decision making skills, promote good quality social work across the team and to contribute to the learning culture
• Provide reliable effective social work help and intervention to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need so that children maintain a reasonable standard of health and development, receive reasonable parenting, and have a sense of permanence. Where a child is disabled take action to minimise the effect of their disabilities so they have the opportunity to lead lives as normal a life as possible.
• Identify consistently in a timely way where children are unable to live at home, take action to secure permanence for them within a timescale that meets their needs. Where children are looked after address their needs in accordance with their care plan or pathway plan, so that they make progress and have every opportunity to fulfil their potential as adults.
• Show consistent effective child centred practice with children at the centre of professional assessment, planning, intervention and review activity, and their views and wishes (appropriate to their age and understanding) are sought and used to understand the child's world and shape the level of intervention and type of help offered.
• Provide effective professional leadership so that professionals work together to meet the needs of children in need, including those with a child protection plan, privately fostered children, and looked after children and care leavers.
• Work with parents / carers to strengthen protective factors and reduce risks to the child's welfare, where seeking to establishing rapport and trust as a basis for parents changing their behaviour so that the child receives safe reasonable parenting, or where parental cooperation is not forthcoming and there is no other way of safeguarding the child, pursue alternative arrangements for the child's upbringing.
• Work with foster carers, special guardians, prospective adopters and other people who are looking after someone else's children, so that children's needs are met and that they are able to live as normal a life as possible, understand their journey to their placement, are making good progress in terms of their health, development and education, and are prepared for their transition to adult life.

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Job Information Job Title: Social Worker - Family Safeguarding

Location/hybrid working: Hybrid working - 2/3 days in the office - Fenland

Rate: 38ph umbrella

Job Information:

Must have court experience and have worked in a Family Safeguarding team before Completing statutory visits CIN, CP and CIC Chairing CIN and Core Group Meetings Holding case load of CIN, CP, and CIC. To include some cases that may be in PLO, or S31 Care Proceedings. Completion of Court Reports, risk assessments and parenting assessments. Attending Ct with support of Senior prac or Team manager. Supporting with Duty rota. Attending ICPC and RCPC's, writing conference reports. Managing and assessing risk.

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Experienced Children's Social Worker, who is confident in completing a range of assessments of children and their families, including Child and Family Assessments, Parenting Assessment and Sibling assessments, managing a range of cases, Child in Need, Child Protection, Child in Care, and cases in legal proceedings, both Public and Private Law. The candidate should also ideally have experience of undertaking Joint / Single Agency Children Act 1989 Section 47. The candidate will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and have a working knowledge of Signs of Safety. Whilst the candidate will be supported and supervised by an experienced, permanent Practice Supervisor, it is expected that the candidate will be able to work independently, and be confident in decision making in the best interests of children and families. The candidate will be expected to lead multi - agency plans support children and families, and will have the benefit of working with Lincolnshire strong Early Help / Future 4 Me colleagues. The candidate will be required to be part of a weekly duty rota on a rotation basis, on these weeks the candidate will be required to be office based for all 5 days of the week. On the other three weeks flexible work / home arrangements are in place, with an expectation that the candidate will be in the office 3 days a week, and able to work from home the other 2 (but must be available if required to visit).

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Join Dudley's Trailblazing Family Safeguarding Service
Locum Social Workers - Court & Safeguarding Experience Wanted

• Multi-Agency Collaboration: Work alongside IDVAs, probation officers, adult mental health practitioners, substance misuse workers, and family support workers who are all part of our teams, sit in our office, and work with us side by side.

• Motivational Interviewing & Strengths-Based Practice: At the heart of our approach and all part of the family safeguarding model, working with families to build the family plans that work for them and keep children safe.

• Modern, Air-Conditioned Office: Located canal-side at Cable Plaza, with free parking, close to Merry Hill Shopping Centre.

• Supportive Leadership: Daily access to managers and senior leaders for reflective conversations, emotional support, and professional guidance.

• Training & Development: Locums benefit from the same high-quality training packages as permanent staff.

• Visible, Passionate Senior Leadership: Our DCS Gerard Jones and AD Natasha Hidderley are not only highly visible in our offices-they are deeply committed to getting it right for children and families. Their restorative, values-driven leadership is a key reason why Dudley is a service worth investing in.

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Children's Senior Practitioner - Safeguarding and Support

33.30ph Umbrella

Family Safeguarding in North locality Working with families who are in need and at risk.

Working alongside adult practitioners under family safeguarding model.

Hybrid working with 3 days in office

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

As a Social Worker within the Safeguarding Front Door (Contact) Team, you will be the first point of professional contact for adults at risk of abuse or neglect. You will play a pivotal role in screening, triaging, and risk-assessing safeguarding concerns in line with the Care Act 2014 and Southwark's Multi-Agency Safeguarding Procedures. You will work collaboratively across agencies, making informed decisions based on presenting risks, mental capacity, and available evidence to determine whether a Section 42 Safeguarding Enquiry is required. You will ensure timely, person-centred, and legally compliant responses to safeguarding referrals. Key Responsibilities: Receive, screen and prioritise incoming safeguarding referrals via the Contact Team. Conduct initial risk assessments to determine threshold for Section 42 enquiries. Liaise with referring professionals, families, health, police, and internal services to gather further information. Apply the Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) approach at the earliest opportunity. Clearly document decision-making and outcomes, escalating high-risk cases as appropriate. Provide professional advice and guidance to other staff, partners, and the public on safeguarding thresholds and Care Act criteria. Identify immediate safeguarding actions or urgent interventions, including safety planning or emergency measures. Support safe and appropriate signposting or onward referrals, including to specialist teams (e.g. Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Hospital Discharge). Maintain accurate and timely case records on Mosaic in accordance with statutory and organisational standards.

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Child Assessment Team (front line work)

Order for 1 Senior SWs - CAT

Please ensure candidates have:

3+ years CAT experience

Can commute to work (no parking on-site)

Can attend the office at least twice a week

Resilience and are committed workers

What we offer:

Lambeth Social Work Academy offers free training for both the agency and permanent staff.

Opportunity for career development across various services

Resources like Contextual safeguarding teams, Court teams, Early help services and loads of community-based organisations that we partner with

Very exciting and vibrant work community with numerous groups like Choir, yoga, grief and bereavement support, bike safety scheme,

We offer supportive and regular supervision

Manageable caseloads

Excellent transport link

Hybrid working

Very stable Senior Management Team

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

• To be able to support and attend the meeting such as ICPC, Placement Panel Meeting, chair professionals meetings on behalf of the SW's where needed or in the absence of the TL/PM.
• To support/ guide the staff with the court cases where appropriate.
• To support the team leader/practice manager as needed to undertake senior social work tasks such as support with managing duty and assisting less experienced staff, this may include supervisory tasks, support with case direction, joint visits to families and co working cases.
• To manage a complex case load, have clear threshold decision making skills, promote good quality social work across the team and to contribute to the learning culture
• Provide reliable effective social work help and intervention to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need so that children maintain a reasonable standard of health and development, receive reasonable parenting, and have a sense of permanence. Where a child is disabled take action to minimise the effect of their disabilities so they have the opportunity to lead lives as normal a life as possible.
• Identify consistently in a timely way where children are unable to live at home, take action to secure permanence for them within a timescale that meets their needs. Where children are looked after address their needs in accordance with their care plan or pathway plan, so that they make progress and have every opportunity to fulfil their potential as adults.
• Show consistent effective child centred practice with children at the centre of professional assessment, planning, intervention and review activity, and their views and wishes (appropriate to their age and understanding) are sought and used to understand the child's world and shape the level of intervention and type of help offered.
• Provide effective professional leadership so that professionals work together to meet the needs of children in need, including those with a child protection plan, privately fostered children, and looked after children and care leavers.
• Work with parents / carers to strengthen protective factors and reduce risks to the child's welfare, where seeking to establishing rapport and trust as a basis for parents changing their behaviour so that the child receives safe reasonable parenting, or where parental cooperation is not forthcoming and there is no other way of safeguarding the child, pursue alternative arrangements for the child's upbringing.
• Work with foster carers, special guardians, prospective adopters and other people who are looking after someone else's children, so that children's needs are met and that they are able to live as normal a life as possible, understand their journey to their placement, are making good progress in terms of their health, development and education, and are prepared for their transition to adult life.

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.