Children's Social Worker - Family Safeguarding Team

Children's Social Worker – Family Safeguarding Team
📍 Worthing, West Sussex
💷 £38.00 per hour
🏡 Hybrid Working Available
🚗 Must Be a Driver

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Children's Social Worker to join the Family Safeguarding Team in West Sussex.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a well-established safeguarding service focused on improving outcomes for vulnerable children and families through high-quality assessment, intervention and child protection work.

The Role

As a Children's Social Worker, you will be responsible for:

* Completing assessments of need and risk

* Undertaking child protection investigations

* Developing and reviewing care plans

* Working directly with children and families

* Managing complex safeguarding cases

* Working closely with partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes

* Supporting children to remain safely within their families wherever possible

Requirements

To be considered, applicants must have:

* Social Work England registration

* Minimum 3 years' post-qualified experience within Local Authority Children's Services in England

* Recent frontline Child Protection experience

* Strong assessment and risk management skills

* Experience completing direct work with children

* Excellent multi-agency working experience

* Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Working Arrangements

* Full-time position

* Civic Centre, Littlehampton office base

* Office-based during duty week

* Hybrid flexibility available outside of duty weeks

* Travel required across the western area of West Sussex

Pay

£38.00 per hour.

Applications from experienced Children's Social Workers with safeguarding and child protection experience are encouraged