Family Help Social Workers (x2)

• Location: Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire

• Authority: Blackburn with Darwen Children's Services

• Pay Rate: £39.00 per hour (Umbrella)

• Working Pattern: Hybrid (Minimum 3 days office-based per week, WFH flexibility)

• Contract: Full-Time (Ongoing locum contract)

• Requirements: SWE Registration, Full UK Driving Licence, Car Access

Are you an experienced Children's Social Worker looking for a well-paid locum role within an integrated, forward-thinking service?

Blackburn with Darwen Children's Services is seeking two full-time Family Help Social Workers to join their team. Earning a competitive £39.00 per hour, you will deliver high-quality assessment and statutory safeguarding interventions, managing a mixed caseload of Single Assessments, Child in Need (CIN), and Child Protection (CP) cases.

• Assessments & Planning: Conduct thorough, timely Single Assessments for children and families requiring support.

• Safeguarding Caseload: Hold and manage a varied caseload of complex Child in Need (CIN) and statutory Child Protection (CP) cases.

• Hybrid Work Model: Work flexibly across remote homeworking and structured office/visit days (minimum 3 days office-based per week).

• Multi-Agency Practice: Collaborate with schools, health services, and early intervention partners to deliver strengths-based family outcomes.

• Experience: Minimum 3 years post-qualifying experience in assessment, long-term safeguarding, or child protection work.

• Professional Registration: Active registration with Social Work England (SWE).

• Transport: Full UK driving licence and access to a car for community visits.

• Systems & Skills: Excellent communication, strong independent case management skills, and a collaborative team approach (experience with LiquidLogic is an advantage).

• Top Rate: £39.00 per hour.

• Flexible Hybrid Model: Balanced mix of office collaboration and remote working.

• Double Vacancy: Excellent opportunity to start alongside a colleague or join a well-supported cohort.

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.

experience

Children services

skills

be able to manage challenging situations

qualifications

university

education

BA in social work