Qualified Social Worker - Help & Protection Team

Qualified Social Worker - Help & Protection Team

Role: Children's Social Worker

Service Area: Help & Protection Service

Location: City of Doncaster Council

Pay Rate: £35.00 per hour

Contract: Full-Time, Ongoing Locum / Agency Contract

Are you an ambitious Children's Social Worker dedicated to helping families build resilience while keeping children safely at home? City of Doncaster Council is seeking a skilled practitioner to join their frontline Help & Protection Team. This role is designed for a social worker who wants to work holistically with children and families, delivering high-quality safeguarding interventions, robust assessments, and positive family change. Role Highlights

Competitive Earning Potential: Secure an attractive locum rate of £35.00 per hour.

Relationship-Based Practice: Work in an environment focused on manageable workloads, allowing you to build real, meaningful relationships with families.

Balanced Caseload: Manage a varied statutory mix of Child in Need (CIN) and Child Protection (CP) cases, with opportunities to drive long-term family support.

Core Responsibilities

Statutory Assessments & Planning: Complete high-quality single assessments, child protection plans, and statutory visits that reflect the true voice of the child.

Multidisciplinary Triage: Work alongside health partners, police, schools, and local support hubs to coordinate wrap-around family interventions.

Child Protection Conferences: Prepare detailed reports for and lead contributions in Core Groups and Child Protection Conferences.

Crisis Prevention: Intervene early to prevent crisis escalation, ensuring children remain within their family networks wherever safely possible.

Mandatory Candidate Requirements

Professional Status: Qualified Social Worker registered with

Social Work England.

Statutory Experience: Demonstrable post-qualifying experience within statutory Children's Services (specifically Child Protection, Assessment, or Safeguarding teams).

Skills: Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for community visits.

How to Apply If you are ready to bring your safeguarding expertise to Doncaster, submit your profile today for an early interview! 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.