Social Worker

Lancashire County Council are currently seeking a qualified Social Worker to join their Duty and Assessment team in Preston and South Ribble. As a Social Worker, you will be responsible for working with children and young people, enabling you to make a positive difference in their lives.

As a Social Worker, your main responsibilities will include:

• Assessing and managing risk to children and young people
• Planning and delivering interventions to support children and their families
• Maintaining accurate records and completing reports
• Working collaboratively with other professionals and agencies

The successful candidate for this role will have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification
• 12+ months experience as a Social Worker
• The ability to manage a caseload of between 15 and 22 (depending on the function)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

This company offers a range of benefits to their employees, including:

• Flexible working hours
• Time off in lieu (TOIL) if working beyond 37 hours per week
• Manageable caseloads
• Family-friendly policies to help balance family commitments
• Travel benefits, including paid mileage

This company is a leading provider of social care services in Lancashire. Their Children's Services are progressive and innovative, embracing strength-based approaches and currently embedding a family safeguarding model of practice. They understand the importance of their teams having the right support in place, a healthy work-life balance, and a manageable caseload.

If you are interested, please call Chris Richardson on or email me your CV -

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS:

• A specialist dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact.
• Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!
• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK
• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.
• Payroll service twice a week.
• Ltd and PAYE payment options available.
• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training.
• Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.
• DBS disclosures provided via fast-track online services free of charge.