Job Description

Duty & Assessment Social Worker

South Gloucestershire County Council are looking to expand their current team. The Duty & Assessment team is looking for a Social Worker to join a well-structured and organised team. As well as joining a supportive team our client also offers a competitive salary, opportunities for training to enhance your skills and potential progression within your team. This Duty & Assessment Social Worker role will be for an initial 3-6 months with potential for extension subject to internal circumstance and your performance.

Duty & Assessment Social Worker Responsibilities Include:

• Experience of Undertaking Child and Family Assessments, S.47 inquiries and intervention and planning for 'Children in Need'
• Required to use professional knowledge to assess, monitor and review social care needs of individuals, relatives and carers and to arrange the provision of appropriate care services
• Must have significant knowledge, experience and specialist communication skills to gather information and make a full assessment of the risks, protection and social care needs of individuals, carers and families
• Must be capable of devising individual care plans based on needs and risks and take appropriate action, in conjunction with other agencies, to protect vulnerable people
• Required to manage an agreed case load, offer support and guidance and monitor, review and reassess care packages/services to ensure continued effectiveness. Must be able to use paper and computerised case recording systems, produce reports and capture and analyse information
• Some knowledge of care benefits, fees and allowances would be helpful
• Understand philosophies, professional social work issues and the legal framework underpinning care services
• Must be computer literate and have basic numeracy skills. Must be able to fulfil transport requirements
• Must possess good communication skills with ability to negotiate with services users

Requirements / Experience preferred:

• Post qualifying experience of working as a Duty & Assessment Social Worker within the UK Social Care industry.
• HCPC Registration
• 1-2 years post qualifying experience within the UK Social Care industry
• Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Benefits of working with Ackerman Pierce:

• Your own personal consultant
• Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
• DBS and Compliance Service
• Quick and Easy Registration Process
• Access to CPD
• Guaranteed weekly payment.

To discuss this Duty & Assessment Social Worker post or any similar vacancies we currently have available in South Gloucestershire, please email your updated CV to us at Ackerman Pierce or contact Harry Bannister at or on (phone number removed).