🩺 We’re Hiring – Senior Social Worker (Family Safeguarding Team)
📍 Location: West Locality – Ilmington House, Darlaston (Walsall Council)
🔖 Reference – SCS799
🕒 Job Type: Locum – Hybrid Working
💼 Start Date: ASAP
💰 Rate/Salary: £30.57 per hour
🚗 Requirement: Must be a car driver

About the Role:
Walsall Council is seeking an experienced and committed Senior Social Worker to join the Family Safeguarding Team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high-quality safeguarding practice within a supportive and reflective service. The role offers an attractive hourly rate and flexible hybrid working arrangements, enabling you to balance both office-based work and working from home.

The Family Safeguarding Team plays a crucial role in supporting vulnerable children and families through a strengths-based, multi-disciplinary model. As a Senior Social Worker, you will manage a varied and sometimes complex caseload, carry out robust assessments, and ensure timely and effective safeguarding interventions that prioritise the welfare of the child.

Key Responsibilities:
• Undertake child protection work, including Section 47 enquiries
• Complete comprehensive assessments and create robust safety plans
• Draft high-quality reports for court and statutory meetings
• Work collaboratively with specialist professionals including domestic abuse workers, mental health practitioners and substance misuse teams
• Build resilience within families using a strengths-based approach
• Ensure all practice complies with legislative frameworks and local/national safeguarding procedures
• Manage your caseload effectively while making confident, evidence-based decisions
• Participate in reflective supervision and contribute to a positive team culture

Requirements:
• Social Work England registered
• Experience within statutory safeguarding services
• Strong analytical, assessment and decision-making skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• A car driver with access to own vehicle
• Excellent communication and report-writing ability

Why Join Us?
• Supportive management and reflective practice culture
• Hybrid working flexibility
• Strong multi-disciplinary structure
• Opportunity to further develop statutory safeguarding expertise
• Meaningful work supporting improved outcomes for children and families

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To apply, please email the following documents to renjeet@supplycaresolutions.co.uk:
• Up-to-date CV
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK (Passport or Share Code with Passport)
• National Insurance Number
• DBS Certificate (registered on the Update Service)
• Social Work England registration number

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