989 Social Worker jobs in the United Kingdom

Adult's Social Worker - Reviews Team

Hybrid working - Nottingham

30 per hour (umbrella rate)

37 per week, Monday to Friday

3-6 month contract, likely to be extended to an ongoing basis

We're working with a Local Authority in Nottingham who are seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Reviews Team. This role plays a key part in supporting the Adult Health and Social Care Transformation Programme.

About you:

• A recognised Social Work qualification (e.g., BA Social Work, DipSW, CQSW).
• Current and valid registration with Social Work England is essential.
• Experience dealing with Direct Payment Misuse.
• Been part of innovative or transformation teams.
• Experience across different service user groups and case types.
• Experience using Liquid Logic is a big plus.

If you are interested in any of these roles, please contact Kaylah on or (phone number removed) and put through your application .

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Job Title: Social Worker - Children In Care

Salary: 36,124 -50,788

Responsible to: Team Manager

Work Pattern: Hybrid (2-3 days a week in the office)

Location: Milton Keynes City Council

The Role

The Children in care team in Milton Keynes is a rewarding team to be in, we act as corporate parents to the children and young people in our care. We are ambitious for our children and deliver a high standard of service to ensure our children and young people achieve good outcomes.

Key Requirements

• Chairing multi-disciplinary meetings and working closely with other agencies/professionals to complete assessments and formulate child centred care plans.
• Completing annual Children and Family Assessments on each case to ensure that the care plan for the child/young person is reviewed.
• Ensuring that children have all of their day-to-day care needs met and fully understand their care story. This will be through the provision of direct work/life story work and multi-agency working with other professionals.
• Managing a caseload of up to 18 children with children subject to Care Orders, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children, Placed with Parents and children subject to Placement Orders.
• Working as part of a team to share knowledge, develop team skills and contribute to the overall development of the team.

Skills & Experience

1. A qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
2. Committed to supporting children, young people and their families and has the resilience to go that extra mile to ensure they achieve their potential.
3. Someone who thinks outside the box, is able to challenge and make evidenced based decisions.
4. UK driving license, business insurance and can travel in and outside of Milton Keynes which may sometimes include working outside of office hours.
5. Willing to work collaboratively as part of a team in sharing knowledge and supporting team development.

Benefits

• 6,000 Retention Payment
• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years. In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension - everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme - low-cost leasing of electric and low emission vehicles.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Additional information

As a Social Worker within our team, the candidate will play a pivotal role in fulfilling statutory responsibilities for Children in Care. The role involves utilising knowledge and expertise to support the team, ensuring the best outcomes for children in care.

Our team is deeply committed to learning and self-development. We meet every two weeks to discuss various topics, such as practice models, tools, and ideas, with a team member leading the session. This collaborative approach fosters a strong sense of unity and partnership.

Opus People Solutions on behalf Peterborough City Council are currently seeking an agency social worker to join their Children with Disabilities teams.

Job Title: Social Wolrker - Children With Disabilities
Length of assignment: 3 Months
Hours per week:37
Hourly rate:28-37
Location:Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Peterborough, PE2 8TY
Remote/Office based: Hybrid, 2 days a week in the office

Job Information:

• Completing assessments from referral stage
• Working with children and families Children in Need, Child Protection
• CLA, PLO and Care Proceedings, Private Proceedings, Deprivation of Liberty within National DOL Court and the Court of Protection.

Skills:

• Social Work England registered
• 3 Years post qualyfying experience
• Manage a workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues

If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Social worker experience and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.

Job Title: Social Worker - Children's Assessment Service

Location: Sand Martin House

Working Arrangements: Hybrid

Rate: 42ph

The Role:

Children's social workers in the Assessment Team are responsible for responding to referrals where there are concerns about a child's safety or wellbeing.

This structure helps manage workload and allows social workers to focus on ongoing cases during off-duty weeks. Each team is supported by an Advice and Information Officer, Children's Social Care Practitioner, and dedicated business support staff, which helps streamline administrative tasks and allows social workers to concentrate on direct work with families.

The team operates on a three-week duty rota, meaning each team is only responsible for new referrals once every three weeks. When teams are on duty it is expected that Social Workers are in the office

Key Responsibilities:

• Investigate these concerns, assess the risks and protective factors within the family, and determine the most appropriate course of action.
• Conducting home visits, engaging directly with children and families, and ensuring that the child's voice is central to all assessments and decisions.
• The work involves a wide range of statutory duties.
• Carry out Section 17 Single Assessments and Section 47 Enquiries.
• Participate in Initial Child Protection Conferences and Child in Need meetings, and may be involved in private law proceedings by preparing Section 7 reports.

Skills:

• A qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Committed to supporting children, young people and their families and has the resilience to go that extra mile to ensure they achieve their potential.
• UK driving license
• 3 Years post qualifying experience

If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Social worker experience and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. We recruit for a range of Social Work position's both Locum and Permanent.

Kent County Council are Ofsted rated as 'Outstanding'. We are currently recruiting for a Social Worker to join the Children's Social Work Team Covering Swale and another Role Covering Gravesham and Surrounding areas. Previous experience is required working in Children's Social Work Team.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Manage a Children & Families caseload to include complex and diverse cases, involving assessments, reviews and the preparation of welfare reports and court attendance, to effectively meet the needs of the client group, in line with the standards set out in the Social Care Capability Framework. The caseload will be managed within the relevant framework of supervision dependent on the complexity of the case and post qualification experience of the post holder.

* Initiate and develop close working partnerships with statutory agencies, voluntary and private sector agencies, carers and those with parental responsibility in order to facilitate good outcomes for children and their families.

* Complete effective and timely recording of accurate information using agreed systems.

* Maintain a good working knowledge of legislation, local policies and procedures, particularly those relating to Looked After Children, Children in Need and Child Protection, acting in line with these to ensure consistency and a high quality of service delivery.

* Attend training courses and other development opportunities as agreed with line manager to ensure compliance with Social Work England and SCCF requirements

Connect2Kent is a trading style of Commercial Services Kent LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Kent is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. We recruit for a range of Social Work position's both Locum and Permanent.

Kent County Council are Ofsted rated as 'Outstanding'. We are currently recruiting for a Social Worker to join the Children With Disabilities Team Covering Sittingbourne and Surrounding areas. Previous experience is required working in Children With Disabilities.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Manage a caseload of disabled children and young people aged 0-25 to assess, plan, monitor and review the support/personal assistance needs of service users, working in a person-centred way. Work with the service users and their families/carers to develop a package of support/assistance as they prepare to become adults and in their early adult life that promotes and maintains independence and wellbeing; where appropriate involve other agencies and use community resources to provide equality of opportunity, full participation and inclusion in society.

The post holder should be working in line with the Social Care Capability Framework.

Main duties and responsibilities :

• Manage a diverse caseload of children, young people and their families, undertaking assessments to determine the needs and capabilities of clients and carers, and drawing up plans of support under the supervision and guidance of a designated supervisor, using agreed eligibility criteria and in accordance with statutory requirements, Directorate and Corporate Policy and National Legislation. Cost any support package and assist the client to access the most appropriate and comprehensive support available through community resources, direct payments or commissioned services. This should be achieved where appropriate within a multi-agency environment and in accordance with service users' wishes, directorate budget limits and the requirements of the strategic framework and/or lead commissioning framework relating to the procurement of services.

• Provide and ensure the availability of adequate advocacy arrangements to assist service users towards self-determination of their personal assistance arrangements.

• Identify and where appropriate manage any safeguarding and quality of care issues in line with directorate policy and practice requirements, taking forward appropriate actions and communication with supervisor / line manager/ other directorate officers and develop investigating officer skills.

• Ensure that service users are empowered throughout the assessment, are at the centre of the decision making process and have control over their lives. Develop good working relationships with Education and Health staff to contribute to Education, Health and Care plans and other individual plans to ensure that positive outcomes for children and young people are achieved. In order to develop a holistic response, where appropriate, initiate and develop close working partnerships with other agencies: District Councils, voluntary agencies, the commercial and private sectors.

• Research and maintain a knowledge base of what resources are available in the local community in order to inform decision making on service users' care packages.

• Communicate effectively with clients and families on a range of issues. Be able to manage difficult situations and problems, promote independence including information, benefit maximisation, support services and equipment in order to inform the range of choices available when a person comes to develop their package of support and manage risk. Take into account issues of mental capacity and duty of care as agreed with a supervisor.

• Maintain a personal awareness of legislation relevant to children and adults, departmental and corporate policies and procedures, particularly those relating to the Children Act 1989, Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000, Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and any other relevant legislation and case law in order to apply a strong evidence base to ensure consistency and a high quality of service delivery.

• Maintain and keep accurate electronic records using the Social Care electronic system. Write and verbally present reports for formal meetings including reviews, case conferences and court proceedings.

Connect2Kent is a trading style of Commercial Services Kent LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Kent is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Social worker - CWD- Up to 48,798

NonStop Care is currently working with a "Good Ofsted" local authority in the East Berkshire who are looking for a Social Worker to join their Children With Disabilities teams.

They offer the opportunity to work from home, giving you the opportunity to spend less time/money travelling give you a far greater work/life balance

Responsibilities:
* Taking a child first and social model approach
* The team is an eclectic mix of different service areas covering a wide breadth of work with children with disabilities, Access to Records and Missing Children and Child Exploitation.

Benefits:

* Competitive pay rate- Up to 48,798
* Good Ofsted
* Development days

* Small and Friendly authority
* Training and developmental opportunities
* Stable team

What NonStop Care offers:

* A Designated Consultant Who Will Be Your Personal Point of Contact
* CV Review Service
* Social Work Roles Throughout The UK
* Insider Interview Advice and Preparation
* A Constant Source of New Opportunities

What I offer:

* An In Depth Knowledge and Understanding of the Social Care Market.
* A Direct Point of Contact with Local Authorities and Independent Fostering Agencies.
* To Manage Your Entire Interview Process From Your Initial Application, To Your Offer and Beyond.
* To Negotiate The Best Possible Rates For You.

If any of these roles do not seem quite right for you, but you would like to have a conversation about other Social Care roles or would like any further advice on Social Care roles throughout the UK please contact NonStop Care on (phone number removed), and ask for Alan Lennon, or feel free to reach out to me via my email: (url removed)

Qualified Social Worker Wanted

24 per hour | August - November Contract ,

Working in Plymouth

Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable families and delivering life-changing outcomes in residential settings? We're seeking a dedicated Qualified Social Worker to join our team for a short-term contract, making a meaningful impact across two specialist family centres.

About the Role

In this vital role, you'll:

• Conduct residential parental assessments in line with court/local authority timescales
• Support placement planning through care plans, risk assessments and professional collaboration
• Deliver structured feedback and developmental activities that empower parents to achieve safe and positive change
• Complete viability assessments , contribute to service improvement, and uphold compliance with Ofsted , CQC , and statutory requirements
• Model trauma-informed, person-centred practice
• Play a key role in safeguarding, child protection, and working within complex family court proceedings

Person Specification
We're looking for a candidate with:

• Social Work Qualification and 2+ years' experience in statutory settings
• Robust knowledge of child protection legislation , family law , and safeguarding protocols
• Experience working with children and families in residential services
• Commitment to equality, diversity , and non-discriminatory care practices
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills

Desirable Skills

• Training in PAMS , CUBAS , or similar parenting assessment frameworks
• Understanding of parental substance misuse, mental health, and other socio-economic challenges
• Appreciation for trauma-informed approaches and rehabilitation pathways

Why Join Us?

• Work a flexible schedule with the option to complete reports remotely
• Be part of a compassionate, high-impact team
• Help deliver transformative interventions at two highly respected centres

If this job sounds of interest then please click apply or call Joe on (phone number removed).

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. We recruit for a range of Social Work position's both Locum and Permanent.

Kent County Council are Ofsted rated as 'Outstanding'. We are currently seeking a Locum Social Worker to join the Children's Social Work Team, covering Ashford At least 3 years experience as a Qualified Social Worker is required.

Purpose of the Job:

Manage a Children & Families caseload of various levels of complexity, involving the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of appropriate action, contributing to the effective application of resources to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and their families. The postholder should be working in line with the Social Care Capability Framework (SCCF).

Main duties and responsibilities:

* Manage a Children & Families caseload to include complex and diverse cases, involving assessments, reviews and the preparation of welfare reports and court attendance, to effectively meet the needs of the client group, in line with the standards set out in the Social Care Capability Framework. The caseload will be managed within the relevant framework of supervision dependent on the complexity of the case and post qualification experience of the post holder.

* Initiate and develop close working partnerships with statutory agencies, voluntary and private sector agencies, carers and those with parental responsibility in order to facilitate good outcomes for children and their families.

* Complete effective and timely recording of accurate information using agreed systems.

* Maintain a good working knowledge of legislation, local policies and procedures, particularly those relating to Looked After Children, Children in Need and Child Protection, acting in line with these to ensure consistency and a high quality of service delivery.

* Attend training courses and other development opportunities as agreed with line manager to ensure compliance with Social Work England and SCCF requirements

Connect2Kent is a trading style of Commercial Services Kent LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Kent is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.