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Duty & Assessment Social Worker

Assessment Team | Supportive Perm Management | Flexible Working Schedule    At Leaders in Care, we are currently working with a highly regarded local authority in the Swindon area for an experienced children’s social worker to join the Duty and Assessment team going into 2025, for a great pay rate of £41 per hour.   This is a great opportunity for the right person to join a council that really aims to provide a supportive environment for their social workers. This is done through opportunities for flexible working, meaning you can plan your schedule and manage your time how you see fit. You can also expect a hybrid working model so you aren’t limited to office working.   You will also be joining a brand new service, so if making a real impact on the team as well as service users and service improvement appeal to you - this is a perfect fit!    Further Benefits include: A pay rate of £41 per hour, which is one of the highest in the area Super engaged management structure to provide quality support to you Close-knit team     Our direct contact with this council mean we are always be on hand to provide support to you whenever you may need it, we want to do what’s right by you to ensure you are happy at work.   To apply, simply email your CV to Chris@leadersincare.co.uk. Alternatively, please call Chris on 0161 240 7897 to discuss this opportunity or any other role you may have seen in more detail. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Supervising Social Worker

Home based, 1 day in the office | IFA | Perm | Career progression | Established team   Are you an experienced social worker who wants to get into fostering, but opportunities are limited in your current role?   Leaders in Care are working with a highly regarded Independent Fostering Agency in Leeds, for an experienced practitioner to join their stable service as a permanent supervising social worker.   As a supervising social worker, you will also be responsible for supporting and managing approved foster carers, providing professional advice when necessary, and contributing to business planning. Additionally, you will supervise Support Workers and Social Work Students.   You will work closely with the Unity social work staff and foster carers to ensure that quality standards are met in all assessments.   Benefits include a generous salary of up to £39,727, you can expect with regular learning and development opportunities, to ensure you are developing as a practitioner whilst providing the best care for all involved in the service. You will also get a generous holiday allowance of 27 days.   This role also offers a flexible working schedule, with only 1 day a week in the office and the rest from home, allowing you to maintain a great work life balance.    In this IFA there is a real focus on professional development, with 2 of the senior management team being homegrown, so progression is very much encouraged.   For this role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.   To apply for this role, send your up to date CV to Chris@leadersincare.co.uk. Or call Chris on 0161 240 7897 if you have any further questions.

New Role - Social Worker (Childrens)

Variety of teams | Flexibility | Quality service | Loyalty Bonus (Contact for more details) | Supportive Management  With the weather getting warmer and Easter being here, It’s a perfect time to start looking for a new role, due to our unique way of working we can take time to listen to what you want, whether this involves caseloads, pay, over bearing of a manager or anything else we offer. A way of working direct with managers so we can identify the perfect authority for you. With the rise of cost of living and having a unique way of directing managers straight we can strive to get you the best possible solution including a potential rise in pay and offering the best flexibility we can push for, what’s not to like? You will get access to roles across the South East, in teams with managers we know and trust, as we work directly with councils not through vendors. If you are an experienced social worker in children’s services we have roles in anything from MASH, to Fostering (and of course assessment and child protection). We work with a variety of clients across the South East of England so if you are curious about the busy suburbs of London, beautiful commutable towns outside London in Bedfordshire or Berkshire area or the coastlines of Sussex . Kent you can take your pick! So if you want to gain information on Social Work job market or any advice regarding a move to a new role then please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we highly value the importance of placing you into the perfect role As this is a statutory role you are required to have a Social Work qualification and full registration to SWE. Or if you'd like more info on how Leaders in Care can support you, call Nathan on 07401281738 or email nathan@leadersincare.co.uk

Qualified Social Worker

Flexible working | Supportive managers | Efficient Social Work systems | Moderate cases and report What causes burnout? Heavy caseloads, ineffective council systems, and managers who are indecisive are all valid reasons why you cannot produce the best quality care for service users. Full benefits of the role: Exclusive bonus rate (up to £100/w) Liquid LOGIC System used. Moderate caseloads, Stable and supportive managers Working from home (1-2 days) However, this doesn’t have to be the case as you now have the chance to work for a stable LAC team based in the Greater Manchester area. This will provide you with moderate cases that will not eat into your evenings and lose time in your personal life outside of social work. To make it easier for you, the team has implemented hybrid working days of 1 or 2 days working from home where you can focus on your cases and produce the best quality of work you can provide for the children and families that you work with. Don’t forget this also provides you with a better work-life balance to see those close to you. Have you ever worked with managers that have a tendency to breathe down your neck and critic irrelevant aspects of your work?... Not here, the managers respect your professional opinion and want to implement any innovative ideas that you can put forward. They allow you to reign your diary and do not restrict you when carrying your cases. If you have no LAC experience that isn’t an issue as they will consider social workers with solid experience in Court and Child Protection As this is a statutory role, a Social Work qualification and registration to Social Work England (SWE) must be considered If you would like to know more about this role or other roles Leaders in Care has to offer, then forward your CV to tommy@leadersincare.co.uk or call 07828497807 Why not refer a friend and receive £500 once place them? Flexible working | Supportive managers | Efficient Social Work systems | Moderate cases and report What causes burnout? Heavy caseloads, ineffective council systems, and managers who are indecisive are all valid reasons why you cannot produce the best quality care for service users. Full benefits of the role: Exclusive bonus rate (up to £100/w) Liquid LOGIC System used. Moderate caseloads, Stable and supportive managers Working from home (1-2 days) However, this doesn’t have to be the case as you now have the chance to work for a stable LAC team based in the Greater Manchester area. This will provide you with moderate cases that will not eat into your evenings and lose time in your personal life outside of social work. To make it easier for you, the team has implemented hybrid working days of 1 or 2 days working from home where you can focus on your cases and produce the best quality of work you can provide for the children and families that you work with. Don’t forget this also provides you with a better work-life balance to see those close to you. Have you ever worked with managers that have a tendency to breathe down your neck and critic irrelevant aspects of your work?... Not here, the managers respect your professional opinion and want to implement any innovative ideas that you can put forward. They allow you to reign your diary and do not restrict you when carrying your cases. If you have no LAC experience that isn’t an issue as they will consider social workers with solid experience in Court and Child Protection As this is a statutory role, a Social Work qualification and registration to Social Work England (SWE) must be considered If you would like to know more about this role or other roles Leaders in Care has to offer, then forward your CV to tommy@leadersincare.co.uk or call 07828497807 Why not refer a friend and receive £500 once place them?

Child Protection

Good Ofsted | Immediate starts | Enhanced pay rate  For the social workers who are due for a change of scenery and want to start on a clean slate, this opportunity may be the one for you – whether you have experience in child protection, looked after children, or referral and assessment. In a local authority with outstanding leaders, you will work together, as a unit, to help the children in need of social services. You will gain valuable insight into what it is like working in well regarded local authority – with the correct guidance and leadership at your service. You have the independence of creating your own diary and working on your own timetables to help you work as efficiently as possible, not leaving you feeling burnt out. The expectation is you do your office work 2 days a week. Because we understand the extra mile social workers go to help better the lives of the children of our future, we would like to offer you an additional bonus to help fight to cost-of-living crisis and to help level out the high inflation rates - boosting your pay up to £40/h - £46/h.   If you are interested to see how we can help better your situation, feel free to give me a call on 0161 713 0338 to discuss how you could better your working situation. If you are ready to get the ball rolling… send forward your up-to-date copy of your CV to tommy@leadersincare.co.uk As this is a statutory role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.

Social Worker | Complex Needs Team

£3000 Relocation | High Pay | 20% Tax | Supportive Management | Manageable Caseload | Fantastic Team Are you currently looking for a flexible contract to move to the sunny Channel Islands at the end of summer? We are currently looking for an experienced Children with complex needs Social Worker to join an “Outstanding” authority based in the channel islands. In this role, you will provide essential support children with complex needs.   Because of this, you will be able to have flexibility across the team and a be a part of a non pressurised environment with a fantastic rate to go alongside it! As you wont be limited to office work, you will get a good work life balance.  So what are the other benefits to this role? Manageable caseload Quality of service - we work when it works for you, not when office hours dictate (over 500 5* reviews on Google don’t lie!) The UKs leading ‘refer a friend’ bonus of £500 Solid work/life balance Market leading timesheet system – meaning that Fridays are easier when getting paid! Relocation Package up to £3000 16% Pension Support when moving to the island with housing. With flexible working hours, you can space out the casework and have more ability to spend time with your family and loved ones. You can juggle cases in a more streamlined and efficient manner to produce high-quality work and conduct procedures in a less chaotic style.    If the role is not for you, but perhaps a friend or colleague looking for a change, we are offering market leading referral fee of £500 per placement - all you have to do is reach out!   As this is a statutory role you are required to have a Social Work qualification and full registration to SWE.   Or if you'd like more info on how Leaders in Care can support you, call Nathan on 07401281738 or email nathan@leadersincare.co.uk

Family Safeguarding Social Worker

1/2 days a week in county | Loyalty Bonus | Great location - Easy to get too | No Micro Management  Are you currently looking for a flexible contract based in South East Wales now that the Weather is getting warmer, you may be looking for flexibility to spend more time outside? We are currently looking for a safeguarding/assessment social worker to join an authority based on the South of Wales. This experienced practitioner will join a family assessment team where the cases are shared equally across the team. There will be a mixture of short and long term cases. Because of this, you will be able to have flexibility across the team and a be a part of a non pressurised environment with a fantastic rate to go alongside it! As you wont be limited to office work, you will get a good work life balance.  So what are the other benefits to this role? Manageable caseload Exclusive loyalty bonuses to supplement your pay (+£1-3/h) Quality of service - we work when it works for you, not when office hours dictate (over 500 5* reviews on Google don’t lie!) The UKs leading ‘refer a friend’ bonus of £500 Solid work/life balance Market leading timesheet system – meaning that Fridays are easier when getting paid! With flexible working hours, you can space out the casework and have more ability to spend time with your family and loved ones. You can juggle cases in a more streamlined and efficient manner to produce high-quality work and conduct procedures in a less chaotic style.    If the role is not for you, but perhaps a friend or colleague looking for a change, we are offering market leading referral fee of £500 per placement - all you have to do is reach out! As this is a statutory role you are required to have a Social Work qualification and full registration to Social Care Wales  Or if you'd like more info on how Leaders in Care can support you, call Nathan on 07401281738 or email nathan@leadersincare.co.uk

Duty & Assessment Social Worker

6-month rolling contract | Hybrid working | Flexible Working Available   If you're a social worker who enjoys freedom to simply crack on - keep reading as this is for you....   Leaders in care are currently working with an Authority in Merseyside who are on the look out for experienced Duty & Assessment Social Workers. This council are super flexible with working hours and offer hybrid working too, this includes opportunities for 4 day working weeks and organising your own diary. This is because we feel that having a work life balance is important, and this council adopts that same view!   Full benefits of the role: Long Contracts of 6 Months Offered Hybrid Working (2-3 days in the office) Quick Starts for those Available Now  There are immediate starts available. However not to worry, this council will wait up to 1 month for the right person. You can also expect a very competitive pay rate of up to £44 per hour! Due to our great relationship with this council, we can provide ongoing support throughout the full process, as well as being there to support you through the placement. If this role interests you, please get in contact with Leo, send your CV to leo@leadersincare.co.uk , or call on 0161 249 8195!  If the role is not for you, but perhaps a friend or colleague looking for a change, we are offering market leading referral fee of £500 per placement - all you have to do is reach out!3 As this is a statutory role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.

Social Worker | Cared for Children's Team

Flexible Working | Working from home encouraged | Loyalty Bonus | Supportive Management | 6 month rolling contract If you enjoy direct work with children this role is ideal for you! Over in Merseyside there's a team that covers and supports Care Experienced Children - a team dedicated to best outcomes for children within care whether that's residential or within care settings.   You will be working with children who are in a long term care arrangements, managing care proceedings following the first hearing, meaning you will need experience of doing a variety of court work, including writing statements and plans and progress reunification plans, adoption etc So what are the benefits for you? We understand the importance of work-life balance therefore alongside dealing with complex cases, working from home is encouraged, you will be working with a fast paced team however these authorities allow you to work around a personal schedule! Alongside this you will be getting a quality of service with Leaders in Care offering weekly check ins to make sure the role is exactly what is offered to you, even check google to show that we offer a 5* service.  If this role interests you, please get in contact with Leo, send your CV to leo@leadersincare.co.uk , or call on 0161 249 8195!  If the role is not for you, but perhaps a friend or colleague looking for a change, we are offering market leading referral fee of £500 per placement - all you have to do is reach out!3 As this is a statutory role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.