Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding Team

Posted 10 March 2025
Salary £37 - £38.50 per hour
LocationHavering
Job type Contract
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceIva_1741620091

Job description

Our Client Havering Council, is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Children's Safeguarding Team.

Havering are recruiting experienced social workers for roles in our New Safeguarding Teams. These teams will focus on: - Children in need casework (CIN)

- Children and families (domestic abuse)

- Child protection (CP)

Key focus:

- Safeguarding children (remain with families)

- Progress CIN / CP protection plans

- Improve outcomes

Successes: We have successfully recruited a number of new social workers to our teams and we look forward to welcoming experienced social workers to our remaining vacancies. We have a rapid turnaround on interviews.

Support Network:

- We have 2 permanent consultant social workers who work closely with all our ASYE's and social workers within the service

- Systemic Practitioners who offer consultations and support to all our staff.

- Havering also offer robust support within their HR framework

- Each Team is made up of:

- 1x TM

- 2 x AP to support with complex casework.

Working Model:

- Hybrid model

- Flexible approach involving working from our town hall campus/hubs.

- Expectation to work from our town hall campus during your teams duty week, for team meetings and other development days and at managers discretion some ad-hoc days onsite may be needed.

- Encouraging face to face working for teams as we know how important this is for social workers and all meetings with children and family take place face to face.

Requirements:

1. Social Work England (SWE) registration.

2. Minimum 2years + working experience (social worker with children and families, including assessments and statutory work).

Benefits of working with Remedy

  • A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
  • Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
  • Competitive Referral scheme
  • Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

To be considered for this role, please apply with your CV to on the social care team.

Remedy Social Care is a REC Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit