Job Description

Leicestershire County Council Children's services are seeking to recruit a Social Work Assistant to join their team. The role is hybrid working with a mixture of home working, visits in the community with service users and office based work. As such, there is a requirement for the successful candidate to be a car driver as you will still be providing face-to-face support to families across the city where applicable. This is a full time position with an initial contract of 3 months with a view to this being extended on a rolling basis and offering a pay rate of 18.54 per hour.

The position is within the first Response Team where you will screen safeguarding concerns, assess risk and share information when people report abuse or neglect. You will be vital to the effectiveness of screening, handling telephone calls and emails in relation to Children's Social Care as well as urgent referrals to the police.

Duties of the role:

• Directing families to self-help resources such as websites, helplines, etc. and promoting their use as a first port of call.
• Follow scripts and guidance to ensure families are given appropriate and accurate advice. Be able to identify where the needs are greater than can be met by advice only and escalate appropriately to a Social Worker/Team Manager.
• Providing information about other services which may be available for self-referral / open access
• Providing telephone support and guidance, for example on basic behaviour strategies
• Provide support and advice to professionals to understand thresholds for services and when to make an appropriate referral. Provide support and advice on referral pathways for different services

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working with young people and their families
• Full UK driving license
• Enhanced DBS check
• Be able to work upon own initiative and within a team

The benefits of working with Eilidh at Service Care Solutions:

• You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social work
• We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
• We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
• We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week

At Service Care Solutions we also offer a 250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive 250 at the end of their probationary period.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply now. Don't miss your chance to become a Social Work Assistant at Leicestershire County Council! To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions on (phone number removed) or (url removed).