Social Worker - Adult Safeguarding Triage team

Our client, Herefordshire County Council, is seeking an agency Social Worker for its Adult Safeguarding Triage team.

This will be a 14-week assignment initially. And the pay rate available is £35 umbrella.

The role will involve the following:

• To work with the current team to screen safeguarding concerns as they are raised via our Advice and Referral Team (ART), gather relevant and proportionate information and make a timely decision upon whether S42 criteria is met. 
• We want to enable risk and reward innovation as we embrace opportunities to integrate, develop and embed new approaches to how we deliver our services to the public.
• That is why we are now seeking enthusiastic, creative, motivated and forward thinking Social Workers to join us. 
• Based in Plough Lane, Hereford, you will have immediate access to a wide range of knowledge and skills within our established Safeguarding Triage Team.
• The team actively applies Making Safeguarding Personal.
• Making contact with the customer is a key aspect of the role and provides key evidence for deciding next steps.
• Working relations with partner agencies are very developed and any new worker will be expected to maintain and extend multi-disciplinary working. 
• We are a small, dedicated team who are growing and we work well together 
• We have close links with our partners and providers
• We are proud that the person is at the centre of all safeguarding ‘Nothing about me, Without me’
• We have a brilliant Safeguarding Adult Board who make safeguarding everyone’s business with innovative campaigns like ‘Cutting it’ and regular Practitioner Forums on safeguarding topics to embed learning.

Requirements of the role:

• Qualified Social Worker
• Fully Social Work England registered
• Must have strong post-qualified experience in adult social care
• You must have experience of working in adult safeguarding previously and an excellent working knowledge of legislation relevant to adults.
• The ability to drive around the County to respond to service need is essential, the team work from Plough lane 2-3 days per week and work from home the rest of the time.

Please contact Lindsey Morgan asap to discuss in more detail. We are offering £250 joining bonus for new starters with Reed.Alternatively, we are offering £250 if you refer a friend or colleague and they are placed successfully into this or any other QSW role.