SW, Family Safeguarding

Social Worker - Family Safeguarding 
£36.00 per hour
Lancashire
37 hours p/w, minimum 3 month contract

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families? We’re looking for a dedicated and compassionate Social Worker to join our Family Safeguarding Team, where your compassion and professional skills will help shape brighter futures.

We’re looking for a passionate and committed Social Worker to join aFamily Safeguarding Team in Lancashire.

Working alongside a multi-disciplinary team and reporting to the Team Manager, you’ll play a key role in supporting children and families to build on their strengths, overcome challenges, and achieve lasting positive change.

You’ll carry out meaningful assessments, develop child-centred plans, and work directly with families to promote safety, resilience, and wellbeing. You’ll also contribute to reflective group supervision and ensure all work is recorded clearly and analytically on LCS.

The role may be required to work evenings, weekends and occasional public holidays, in order to meet service requirements in respect of service user needs.


About the Role:

As a Social Worker in our the Safeguarding Team, you’ll work collaboratively with families, partner agencies, and multi-disciplinary professionals to support children to remain safely at home wherever possible. You’ll use a strengths-based approach to empower families, reduce risk, and promote positive outcomes.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage a varied caseload of children and families
• Undertake assessments and develop outcome-focused plans
• Work within a multi-agency setting to deliver holistic support
• Contribute to safeguarding and child protection processes
• Champion the voice of the child in all aspects of your work

About you:

• Qualified Social Worker with SWE registration
• Experience in children’s social care, ideally in safeguarding
• Strong communication, assessment, and analytical skills
• A commitment to trauma-informed and relationship-based practice
• Enhanced DBS check

To be considered for this post you must be registered with Social Work England and at least 3 years’ post qualifying experience across permanent positions in England.
 

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-

• Friendly and dedicated consultant with expert knowledge
• Access to a wide variety of roles across England and Wales
• Access to roles exclusive to Pertemps
• Quick and simple online application process with **free DBS**
• Up to £250 Refer a Friend scheme 
• £250 bonus if you find your own role
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable weekly payroll

Please contact Kaye Fleming 07435787863 or email kaye.fleming@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.