3-Month Contract with a Local Authority

Job Purpose

This role is dedicated to delivering and modeling high-quality social work practices that safeguard and promote the welfare, development, and long-term outcomes for children in need, including those in complex and high-risk situations. It provides professional leadership within the team, supports less-experienced practitioners, and contributes to continual service improvement.

Key Duties/Accountabilities

Model consistently effective social work practice to ensure children experience good health, development, and secure emotional attachment.
Support and advocate for disabled children, ensuring their needs are met and they experience as normal a life as possible.
Place children at the center of all assessments and interventions, ensuring their wishes and feelings shape planning and decision-making.
Complete high-quality assessments, planning, reviews, and case management in line with statutory guidance and best practice standards.

Essential Experience Required

Substantial post-qualification experience in children’s social work, including high-risk and complex cases.
Experience conducting specialist assessments and making expert professional judgments.
Experience working within multi-agency safeguarding and child protection processes.
Experience preparing high-quality written reports and presenting evidence to courts and panels.
Experience supporting junior social workers, students, or team members in a developmental capacity.
Experience coordinating professional networks and resolving professional disagreements.

Essential Qualifications Required

Recognized Social Work qualification (e.g., BA, MA, DipSW, CQSW).
Practice Educator Qualification (PEQ) or equivalent to supervise and mentor students.
Registration with the relevant Social Work regulatory body.

Additional Information to Note

The role closes on 12th March 2026, apply ASAP.

Childrens Social Worker