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Child & Family Team - Stroud - Experienced Social Worker

Pay rate in line with the All Wales Pledge - £42 Umbrella

Gloucestershire County Council

We are looking for an experienced Social Worker to join our Children and Families Team in Stroud as an Advanced Practitioner.
As an Advanced Practitioner, you will be instrumental in delivering a first-class service which will provide the best outcomes for the children and young people of Gloucestershire. You will be a resilient, driven individual who can play your part in making our vision for children’s services a reality. Taking on a protected case load, you will work to create the best outcomes for children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks and circumstances.

You will take a lead in promoting and supporting quality control and improvement activities within the team and across the service and support performance activities.
We are operating to a hybrid way of working. All staff work in the office to complete visits and to provide a duty service and at home to complete administrative tasks. All children are to be seen face to face unless you have COVID confirmed. The candidate will be expected to be in the office more in the initial stages of employment to help build the team cohesion and feeling of stability.

Benefits of working for Hoop:

* 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market

* Your local agency based in Cardiff

* Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in welsh throughout your job search ???????

* PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!

* Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)

* Twice weekly payroll

* Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England

* Provides free training sessions (Contributes CPD)

* Refer a friend scheme available

* Birthday gifts ?

* Wellbeing sessions

To apply for this role, you will need to hold -

* A relevant Social Work Qualification

* Registration with Social Care Wales

* Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS

* 3 Years of referencing

* Driving license with access to a car

Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.

Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on (phone number removed) if you want to find out more