Social Worker – Safeguarding & Exploitation

Location: Greater Manchester, SK1

Reference: SCS459

Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions.

We’re excited to collaborate with a Local Authority in the Greater Manchester area seeking a to work within their adolescents safeguarding service

Type: Full-time

Hours: 37 hours

Pay Rate: £38 per hour

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced social worker (2 years post-qualified), with a passion for working with adolescents, to join our Aspire complex safeguarding team. Our complex safeguarding team is co-located with Police, health and missing from home officers and is part of an aligned service with Youth Justice, ensuring seamless support to children and young people where exploitation and vulnerability to extra-familial harm is a concern.

You will have a strong grounding in statutory children’s social work, with experience of court processes, including an understanding of DOLS.  You will be co-allocated, alongside locality social workers, to work with children, usually over the age of 10, to support them where there is vulnerability to, or evidence of child exploitation. including sexual and criminal exploitation, and modern slavery. You will have excellent knowledge of adolescent development, child exploitation and trafficking, and be able to share expert knowledge with other social workers to increase awareness and support their decision-making, including contribution to strategy meetings. You will be skilled at forming relationships with young people who may mistrust professionals, and where you will need to demonstrate creativity, tenacity and patience to form trust. You will be flexible in your approach, with an ability to respond to young people at critical moments (which may require some flexibility of working hours, in discussion/agreement with your line manager).

You will contribute to awareness raising across the council, including the Week of Action for exploitation twice per year, and input at regular training and development opportunities.

You will need a car for work each day, and business insurance that allows you to transport young people. There may be some travel outside of Stockport to meet the needs of children and young people where they live and spend time.

We would like you to be based in the office at least 3 days per week, to ensure visibility of support for the wider service, and responsiveness to young people as needs arise.

Excellent reflective supervision and access to trusted relationships psychology support. We are a good local authority who is ambitious and innovative.

*** We offer a referral scheme of up to £300 so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity ***

Compliance documents required:

• Up to date C.V (No unexplained gaps and dates specific please confirm if you are agency or permanent in your career history)
• Right to work in the UK(Passport,Visa, biometric card etc)
• National Insurance Number
• Valid DBS certificate
• Driving license

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