Duty & Assessment Team Social worker - Lancashire Council

Lancashire County Council

Qualified Social Worker

Duty & Assessment Team , successful candidate will be expected to work across 3 areas. Chorley South Ribble, Preston and West Lancs area of Lancashire

Hourly rate – Up to £41 per hour dependent upon experience.

Starting date – ASAP

Must Have: 12+ months experience.

Please provide your contact telephone number on your application/CV.

There are many benefits to working in Lancashire including, but not limited to:

Flexible Working

TOIL (time off in lieu if working beyond your 37 hours)

Manageable caseloads

Family Friendly Employer (help to balance family commitments)

Travel benefits (mileage paid)

It is a really exciting time to work in Lancashire and our Children's Services are progressive and innovative. We embrace strength-based approaches, are currently embedding a family safeguarding model of practice and offer a good work life balance. Working with children and young people is both challenging and rewarding, enabling you to make a positive difference in their lives. We understand the importance of our teams having the right support in place, a healthy work-life balance and a manageable caseload. We aim for caseloads to be between 15 and 22 (depending the function you are working in). We pay your mileage and we have a time of in lieu policy.

We currently take a hybrid approach to our work; we mainly work from home but there are opportunities to come together as a team when required. Your office based will be in the Chorley South Ribble, Preston and West Lancs area of Lancashire.

To find out more information please contact Deannac@4recruitmentservices.com

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity.