£35 Per Hour
Full Time
Temporary
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Social Care
Posted 9 days ago
Expires In 19 Days
Job Description
📍 West Yorkshire
💰 £35 per hour (agency role)
Are you a dedicated and experienced Social Worker ready to make a real difference in the lives of children and families? We're looking for passionate professionals to join our Children’s Localities Team – a fast-paced, supportive, and collaborative team making early interventions that truly matter.
👨👩👧👦 The Role
As a Qualified Social Worker in our Localities Team, you’ll play a key role in assessing and supporting children and families, focusing on early help and long-term, positive change. You’ll be involved in:
- Carrying out Section 47 enquiries
- Progressing cases to Initial Child Protection Conference
- Leading Child in Need (CIN) work and permanence planning from day one
- Working closely with key partners (police, health, education) to achieve the best outcomes
- Building strong connections with our Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help teams
✅ What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone who is not only qualified and registered with Social Work England, but someone who’s driven by the desire to help children thrive.
Ideal candidates will have:
- 3+ years post-qualified experience in children and families social work
- Solid experience across Court work, CIN, and Child Protection
- Strong understanding of the impact of abuse, neglect, and trauma
- Proven ability to complete effective Child & Family Assessments
- Confidence in leading direct work with children and families
- Up-to-date knowledge of child protection legislation
- A creative, flexible, and forward-thinking approach
- Excellent communication, mediation, and negotiation skills
- A commitment to continuous improvement and achieving the best outcomes for every child
- Manage your own varied caseload
- Use your expertise to assess risks and identify support needs
- Devise tailored, empowering care plans
- Engage directly with children and families to drive meaningful change
As an agency worker with Pertemps, you’ll benefit from:
- A dedicated consultant with access to roles nationwide
- A smooth and easy registration process
- Ongoing compliance and support
- Prompt, reliable weekly payroll
- Referral bonuses and exclusive incentives
👥 Not for You? Refer a Friend! We offer generous referral bonuses – so if this isn’t the right fit for you but you know someone who’d be perfect, send them our way!
🔄 Other Opportunities
We recruit across a wide range of Qualified Social Work roles – including:
- IRO (Independent Reviewing Officer)
- Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
- MASH, Looked After Children, Court Teams, and more
- Roles at all levels: Social Worker, Team Manager, Head of Service
Vicki Aspinall
Vicki.Aspinall@pprsocialcare.co.uk
07484906671
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Pertemps Professional Recruitment
19 Great Winchester Street
London
Greater London
EC2N 2JA
0203 897 1477
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