Supporting Our Children Team

Qualified Social Worker - Supporting Our Children Team (Care Experienced / CLA)

• Location: Blackpool, Lancashire

• Authority: Blackpool Council (Children's Services)

• Pay Rate: £39.00 per hour (Umbrella)

• Contract: Full-Time Locum Assignment

• Working Pattern: Hybrid working with flexible diary management

Are you a passionate and committed Social Worker dedicated to making a lasting, positive difference in the lives of care-experienced children and young people?

Blackpool Council is recruiting an experienced Qualified Social Worker to join their busy, highly rewarding Supporting Our Children Team. Offering a competitive rate of £39.00 per hour, this role is perfect for a dedicated practitioner who thrives in a high-standard, highly supportive environment.

• Relational Casework: Build strong, meaningful, and trusting relationships with care-experienced children, young people, and their families.

• Permanency & Care Planning: Manage a statutory caseload of looked-after children, driving robust care plans, pathway planning, and permanency goals.

• Autonomy & Diary Management: Manage your own schedule, visits, and statutory commitments effectively while maintaining high standards of practice.

• Team Collaboration: Work both autonomously and as an active, collaborative member of a close-knit social work team.

• High-Standard Practice: Strive for outstanding outcomes for every child in line with Blackpool's high standards and expectations.

• Qualifications & SWE: Recognised Social Work qualification with active Social Work England (SWE) registration.

• Statutory Experience: Proven post-qualifying experience within Children's Social Care, specifically in Children Looked After (CLA / LAC), Care Experienced, or Long-Term Safeguarding teams.

• Child-Centred Passion: A genuine commitment and passion for supporting vulnerable children and young people.

• Mobility: Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for community visits and placement reviews across Blackpool and surrounding areas.

• 💰 Competitive Hourly Rate: Earn £39.00 per hour.

• 🤝 Highly Supportive Management: Work within a team where high expectations are matched with strong, supportive management and encouraging colleagues.

• 🗓️ Flexible Working: Benefit from the autonomy to manage your own diary alongside modern hybrid working arrangements.

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