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Hot off the Press We are currently looking for Personal Advisors and Youth Workers to work within Local Authority Childrens/Leaving Care Teams. To apply for this role you must have: Experience working within Youth Services, ideally within a statutory setting. Able to start work immediately. Be eligible to work within the UK. Please apply if you feel you are suited to this role! For anymore information, please contact Jade at Social Care Locums.

Empower Young Lives: Experienced Residential Childcare Do you have the resilience to support young people through their most challenging moments? If you are a seasoned professional seeking a role where your expertise creates a genuine sanctuary, we want to hear from you. Our client, a specialist provider of high-acuity children's services, is seeking experienced practitioners to join their established team in Castle Douglas. This is an opportunity to use your professional maturity to provide stability and care for young people navigating complex social and emotional trauma. The Rewards: A Package That Values Your Expertise Financial Foundation : Base salary of £25,642.50 to £26,032.50. Enhanced Earnings : £67.50 per sleep-in (average 10 per month), adding over £8,000 to your annual income. Premium Perks : £500 welcome bonus and an unlimited £1,000 "Refer a Friend" scheme. Total Support : 24/7 helpline and hardship grants via a dedicated foundation. Your Impact and Responsibilities Clinical Care : Deliver high-standard, 24-hour support within a nurturing, homely environment. Mentorship : Guide young people through daily routines, acting as a consistent, calming presence. Resilience : Navigate sessions involving early trauma or EBD with professional poise. Integrity : Maintain precise digital records in accordance with National Care Standards. What We Need From You Proven Track Record : Previous experience in a residential setting with vulnerable youth is essential. Qualifications : SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care is highly desirable. Essentials : A full UK driving licence is required. Compliance : Must pass an enhanced PVG check and provide a two-year reference history. Ready to Make a Difference? Don't delay: the children's services sector moves fast. If you have the experience to transform "ordinary" days into extraordinary outcomes, apply today. Our specialist team will be in touch for an informal discussion to guide you through the next steps of your career. Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone. Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

Specialist Clinical Practitioner - Early Help 21.6 hours per week £42.03 per hour London Borough of Hackney Are you an experienced clinician passionate about driving meaningful change for children, young people and families? Hackney Children & Families Service is seeking a Specialist Clinical Practitioner to join our integrated, psychology-led multidisciplinary team on a locum, part?time basis. About the Role You will join the Hackney Children and Families Clinical Service (C&FCS), an established CAMHS?aligned service delivering evidence?based psychological support across Children?s Social Care, Young Hackney, the Youth Offending Team and Family Support Services. This role offers a rich balance of direct therapeutic work, clinical consultation, training, and system?level support?all within a service rooted in systemic practice, reflective culture, and a strong multi?agency ethos. You will work with children and families facing a range of complex challenges including: Emotional and behavioural difficulties Abuse, neglect, developmental trauma Attachment and relationship difficulties Self?harm, risk behaviours, substance misuse Clinical work is delivered flexibly,across homes, schools, placements, community settings and virtually. Key Responsibilities Deliver highly specialist assessments and evidence?based interventions. Formulate treatment plans using systemic, attachment?based and other therapeutic models. Provide expert consultation and guidance to social workers, youth workers, foster carers and multi?agency partners. Contribute high?quality clinical reports, including for court where required. Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, Child Protection Conferences and LAC Reviews. Facilitate or co?facilitate family therapy clinics, groups and training sessions. Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service?wide evaluation and development. What Were Looking For UK recognised qualification in Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Child Psychotherapy, Occupational Therapy or equivalent. Advanced training in evidence?based therapies (e.g. CBT, Systemic Practice, EMDR, DDP, VIG, Mentalisation?Based Therapy). Active registration with recognised body - (UCKP, BACP, HCPC, BPS etc) Experience delivering specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions with children & families. Strong ability to work with high risk, complex cases in multidisciplinary environments. Excellent communication skills and ability to engage hard to reach families. Understanding of trauma, loss, contextual safeguarding and diverse community needs. Desirable: Experience supervising trainees Experience facilitating groups or working in a family therapy clinic Systemic or supervisory training Contract Details Locum position 21.6 hours per week (part?time) £42.03 per hour Based at Hackney Service Centre with hybrid/virtual working options Subject to an enhanced DBS check Apply Now: Reach out to Jordan Peat, QSW/NQSW Talent Partner - Commercial Services Trading Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Family Placement Service to work full time based in Guernsey. The salary for this Supervising Social Worker job is up to £63,990 per annum. Main duties: Carry out high-quality assessments of applicants to each service area using the relevant assessment framework within agreed timescales. Carry out annual reviews of a range of providers for whom they hold allocated responsibility using the relevant review framework within agreed timescales. To present assessments, reviews and other reports to the relevant Panel as required. Prepare reports for the court regarding adoption applications, other Court reports and reports for the Child Youth & Community Tribunal as requested and to attend court and tribunal as and when required. Ensure that providers meet the required standards which underpin high-quality care of children and young people, placement stability and good outcomes for children and young people through regular supervisory visits as per standards and to provide high-quality support and supervision to providers as required. Maintain sound theoretical knowledge and skill base regarding fostering and adoption together with knowledge and understand of the needs of children in care including children who have experienced trauma and children who are separated from their family of origin. Attend and, where appropriate, chair a range of meetings pertinent to each service as identified by the Senior Social Worker or Deputy Team Manager. Participate in the permanency planning, process, family finding and matching process as allocated by the Team Manager, liaising with colleagues, foster carers, prospective adopters and professionals within other agencies. Work cooperatively with carers, prospective adopters, birth family members, colleagues and other agencies ensuring the child is central to any process. Participate in the out of hours Emergency Duty Social Work rota and on a Family Placement Service duty rota as required. There is an expectation that some evening work is required as part of the responsibilities of this post. Undertake any other duties as may be determined by the Head of Service, Children & Family Community Services, from time to time. Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker: A social Work Qualification or equivalent. Understanding of relevant legislation. Registered or eligible for registration. Contact: This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Neil Clements; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

Social Worker Children Social Care - Contextual Safeguarding / Risk Outside the Home Service PO2/PO3: £44,937pa rising in annual increments to £51,228pa incl. LW Plus £1000 Welcome Payment and £1000 pa Market Supplement Permanent / Full Time / Hybrid Work- minimum 2 days a week in the office. About Us Located in the heart of South London, Lambeth Borough is a vibrant community of over 317,600 residents. Stretching from the dynamic neighbourhood of Streatham in the South to the iconic landmarks of Waterloo in the North, we are proud to be the 9th largest borough in London. Our diversity is our strength, with more than 130 languages spoken, making Lambeth the home of the Windrush generation, London's largest LGBTQ+ community, and a thriving Portuguese-speaking community. It is an exciting time to join Lambeth Council, we have bold ambitions for the future of Lambeth's communities and residents through our Lambeth 2030 Plan 'Our Future, Our Lambeth. With exceptional schools, lush green spaces including Brockwell Park, cultural gems like the Black Cultural Archives, and world-renowned institutions such as St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth offers an enriching and dynamic environment. Please have a look at our dedicated One Lambeth Values and Behaviours page. About the team We are working hard to make Lambeth to be one of the safest places for children, young people and young adults to grow, develop and thrive. We know that risk outside of the home is one of the biggest challenges we face and we are looking for a committed, experienced and enthusiastic Social Worker to join our Support Team. This is a unique opportunity to help us deliver our vision and be part of an energetic driving force for improving our responses to children, young people and young adults at risk of harm outside the home, throughout the Local Authority and safeguarding partnership. Along with our partners we are moving at pace towards embedding a Contextual Safeguarding Approach to children in the borough, and this is an exciting time to join the Service. Our recent Ofsted report recognised the positive steps we are making in this area and there is real momentum to drive forward change. The role will be in the Support Team which is a dynamic team of both experience Social Workers and Youth Workers and will provide at the earliest possible opportunity an assessment of need, direct intervention and support to children and young people referred into Children' Social Care where there is risk outside of the home. You will be experienced in both front-line Social Work and have a good knowledge of Contextual Safeguarding, and confident in underpinning your work with a trauma informed and systemic approach. About the role The Social Workers within the Support Team are core roles within our Contextual Safeguarding/ Risk outside the home Service and we are looking for experienced and qualified social workers to join us. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a passion for working in this field and have experience of successfully engaging children and young people. Your strengths will lie in being able to walk alongside children and young people who are at risk of or experiencing exploitation or serious violence and build trusted relationships to deliver the work to keep them safe. The postholder will need the confidence and credibility to work with multiple stakeholders, build strong partnerships to meet the needs and expectations of a diverse borough. You will have experience of completing assessments and producing dynamic plans which seek to reduce risk to young people. In this role you will both case hold and have the opportunity to undertake direct work with children with children and young people across the borough where there is risk outside of the home. How to Apply: To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria on the personal specification marked "A" for application: Job Description and Person Specification You will also need to demonstrate your experience and knowledge of risk outside of the home in your supporting statement. We operate an anonymised application process, so be sure to remove personal details when uploading your CV or personal statement. Advert Closing Date: 24th of May at midnight Please click here to view: Lambeth Staff Benefits Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at In addition, you will also be required to undertake a Cifas check from the Fraud Prevention organisation. Further information can be found here Contact Information: For further information and an informal conversation please contact Service Manager Kath Hunt at At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. For a full list of our accreditations, please click here .