Senior Social Worker|Children’s Services Duty Team

Senior Social Worker needed with experience in Children’s Services Duty Team in Rotherham paying up to £35ph !

• Job Title: SeniorSocial Worker
• Salary: £35ph
• Team: Children’s Services Duty Team
• Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire
• Contract: Full-Time, Temporary

About The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Social Worker to join the busy Children’s Services Duty Team at Rotherham.

This role is available to provide cover for a maternity-related absence within the team and offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner to work within a fast-paced statutory service.

The successful candidate will manage referrals and assessments, safeguard children and young people, and ensure cases are progressed effectively and within required statutory timescales.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of approximately 20–22 children at any one time.
• Undertake high-quality assessments and interventions within statutory timescales.
• Progress cases efficiently, with most cases expected to be transferred or closed within approximately 45 days .
• Respond effectively to safeguarding concerns and ensure children remain at the centre of decision-making.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies and internal teams to safeguard children and support positive outcomes.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and timely case recordings and reports.
• Participate fully in the team's duty rota and respond effectively to incoming referrals and changing workload pressures.
• Exercise sound professional judgement and make appropriate decisions within a fast-paced duty environment.

Requirements:

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration .
• Have recent experience working within Children’s Services Duty, Assessment or Front Door teams .
• Demonstrate strong safeguarding knowledge and confident professional decision-making.
• Have experience managing a busy and demanding caseload.
• Be confident working in a fast-paced environment while meeting strict statutory and service timescales.
• Have excellent assessment, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Be able to work effectively with children, families, colleagues and multi‑agency partners.
• Have a proven track record of delivering quality outcomes for children and families.

Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
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• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fees

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