17 jobs found in Chard

Job Title: Home First Team, Social Worker (Adults) Location: Dorchester and surrounding regions Contract Type: Temporary, Salary: £32.00 - £35.00 per hour Type: Hybrid/Remote working About Us: Connect2Dorset is a managed service agency owned by Dorset Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders. About the role The primary focus of these posts is to adopt a home first or discharge to assess way of working to support people in returning home from hospital safely and promptly. You will be an integral part of a successful partnership between health, social care, and our home, independence, and crisis support (HICS) team. What will you be doing? Ability and need to be able to attend all our acute and community hospitals across Dorset to support and facilitate discharge. Requirement to come into the...

Green Space and Cleansing Operative | Environmental Operative | Street Cleaning Operative Exeter | £13.45 per hour | Temporary | Immediate Start | Full-time / Part-time Hours Available Introduction Acorn by Synergie is recruiting on behalf of Exeter City Council for 6 Green Space and Cleansing Operatives to support local environmental services across Exeter. This is an excellent opportunity for reliable and hardworking individuals looking for an outdoor role helping to maintain clean, safe and welcoming public spaces across the city. If you enjoy working outdoors, take pride in your work and want to make a positive difference within your local community, we would like to hear from you. Please note: Applicants are required to have a full, clean manual UK driving licence. Working Hours Shift start times between 5am and 7am. Finish times vary between 1pm and 6pm. Working 3-5 days out of 7, depending on the role. Weekend availability for at least one day is preferred....

Social Worker job for a Social Worker to join the Children Safeguarding Team in Devon. Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions. RATE: Up to £40 per hour (dependent on experience) TYPE: LOCUM Social Worker TEAM: Safeguarding Team HOURS: 37 hours per week HYBRID: (part office / part remote) Key Responsibilities / Purpose: * Deliver high-quality, effective social work services to children, young people, and families in line with statutory requirements. * Complete robust assessments and deliver focused interventions to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. * Promote integrated working with multi-agency partners in accordance with the priorities of the Safeguarding Children Partnership. * Contribute to early...

Social Worker – Child Protection Team – North Somerset Location: North Somerset Council Pay/Salary: up to £40 per hour Office Working: 2 Days per week Contract: Locum £100 Weekly Accommodation allowance  Will take adult social workers with safeguarding experience  We are currently working with North Somerset Council to find an experienced Social Worker for their Child Protection team in Children’s Services. With a stable management team and a mostly permanent workforce, North Somerset are looking for someone with solid experience to be able to pick up a caseload and support their service.  Duties •    Completing Section 47’s and section 17 enquiries •    Undertake Section 7and 37 reports, as well as attending Court, and providing analysis and evidence-based recommendations •    Long term engagement with families, including direct work, capturing the voice of the child •    Write conference reports and attend conferences, such as Core Group Meetings What you need •...

BBS Recruitment is an independent recruitment agency for transport and logistics sector, supplying to a variety of clients across UK. We are currently recruiting a Family Support Worker for our client based in Cardiff. The Family Support Worker will provide practical, emotional, and targeted support to children, young people, and families who require additional help. The role involves working directly with parents and carers to strengthen their parenting capacity, improve family relationships, and promote positive outcomes for children identified as being in need. Responsibilities of the Family Support Worker: • Work directly with children, young people, parents, and carers to provide practical and emotional support based on assessed needs. • Support families where children have been identified as being in need, helping them to improve outcomes and reduce risks to children’s wellbeing. • Develop positive and trusting relationships with families, encouraging engagement and...

Advanced Social Worker / Practice Lead Location: Rhondda Cynon Taf (Hybrid) Rate: £42.60 per hour (Umbrella) Contract: Full-Time | Agency Sector: Children's Services Are you an experienced Social Worker ready to take the next step in your career? We are recruiting an Advanced Social Worker / Practice Lead to join a forward-thinking Children's Services team in Rhondda Cynon Taf. This is an exciting opportunity to combine frontline practice with leadership, mentoring, quality assurance and service development, helping to drive outstanding outcomes for children, young people and families. The Role As an Advanced Social Worker, you will play a key leadership role within the service, supporting high standards of social work practice while maintaining your own complex caseload. You will provide expert advice and guidance to colleagues, champion evidence-based practice, and contribute to the continuous improvement of services across the local authority. Working closely with managers...

Children's Support Workers Location: Southampton Pay Rate: GBP15 - GBP18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Hampshire/Southampton. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong understanding of safeguarding...

Children's Support Workers Location: Hampshire (Winchester, Basingstoke etc) Pay Rate: £15 - £18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Hampshire. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong understanding of...

Children's Support Workers Location: Portsmouth (More specifically the Havant Area) Pay Rate: GBP15 - GBP18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Hampshire. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong...

Principal Licensing Officer 📍 Location: Herefordshire 💷 Pay Rate: £28.94 per hour 🕒 Contract: Full-Time | Agency Lead Licensing Excellence. Protect Your Community. Are you an experienced Licensing Officer with a strong background in premises and taxi licensing? Do you have the technical expertise to manage complex cases, advise on legislation, and support high-quality decision-making? We're recruiting for a Principal Licensing Officer to join a busy Local Authority in Herefordshire. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced licensing professional to take the lead on complex licensing matters while supporting colleagues, elected Members and partner agencies to deliver a fair, consistent and effective licensing service. The Role As Principal Licensing Officer, you'll provide technical leadership across both Premises Licensing and Taxi & Private Hire Licensing, ensuring all decisions are legally compliant, evidence-based and focused on protecting the public....

Children's Support Workers Location: Portsmouth Pay Rate: GBP15 - GBP18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Hampshire. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong understanding of safeguarding and child...

Immediate Start – Frontline Welfare Advisor (Charity Sector) | 40 Hours per Week 🚨 Are you passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives? Do you have experience providing advice and support in social welfare issues? If so, i want to hear from you TODAY! My client is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Frontline Welfare Advisor to join the team immediately. This is a fast-paced, client-facing role where you’ll be supporting individuals facing challenging circumstances with practical advice and guidance. 💼 The Role As a Frontline Welfare Advisor, you will: * Provide advice and support on welfare benefits, housing, and debt * Support clients with Universal Credit, Housing, Employment and other benefits * Manage a caseload and maintain accurate records * Offer advocacy and signposting to additional services * Work directly with vulnerable individuals in a frontline setting ✅ What We’re Looking For * Experience in welfare rights, benefits...

Job Title: Social Worker - Willow Team Work Location: Public Service Plaza, Havant Hours per week: 37 Rate: £38 (Umbrella) The Role: As a Social Worker in the Willow Team, you will play a key role in supporting children and young people at risk of going missing, exploitation and trafficking (MET) to achieve safe, positive and lasting outcomes. Working within a specialist, multi-agency child exploitation service across Hampshire, you'll build trusted relationships with children while collaborating with partners including police, health and youth justice to reduce risk and strengthen safeguarding. You'll manage a diverse and complex caseload, leading assessments and delivering creative, child-centred interventions. As part of an Outstanding-rated authority, you'll be supported by a forward-thinking team that values collaboration, reflective practice and professional development. What you'll do: Work directly with children at risk of MET, delivering targeted 1:1 interventions...

Join Our Client the Civil Nuclear Constabulary's Team as a Commercial Specialist! Are you ready to take your procurement expertise to the next level? We are looking for a passionate and skilled Commercial Specialist (MCIPS) to join our client's dynamic team in Culham, Oxfordshire. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact within the police sector! Contract Type: Temporary contract Day Rate: £650 per day(inside IR35) Working Pattern: Full Time Hybrid Working The Role: As a Commercial Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring their procurement function aligns with the organization's strategic goals. Your responsibilities will include: Managing end-to-end procurement processes for projects with lifetime budgets exceeding £1 million. Ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and Government requirements. Providing expert guidance to stakeholders, enabling them to meet their procurement needs promptly and effectively. Mentoring and supporting fellow...

Our client Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council is looking for a Principal Social Worker to join their Early Help team. Key Objectives To work in collaboration to deliver sustained improvements in performance, quality and consistency of practice across the team. Thereby achieving the best outcomes possible for children, young people and adults; To develop innovative ways of working to ensure positive outcomes for adults/children; To represent and promote the service in relevant multi agency meetings; To ensure the transfer of knowledge and sharing of best practice across the Team and Services; To ensure effective partnership working and engagement to achieve and deliver these objectives; To formulate, design and deliver expert evidence-based interventions; To engage in the strategic development of the Team and Service; To provide professional leadership, guidance and mentorship to members of the Team; To be appraised of developments in practice and in order to assist in the...

Our client Pembrokeshire County Council is looking for a Children's Qualified social worker to join their Assessment team. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Social Worker to join our team providing support to children and families in the Child Care Assessment Team within the Social Services and Housing directorate. The Child Care Assessment Team is a statutory team that undertakes child protection, Young People Looked After, Court and family support work with families under the remit of the Social Services and Well Being Act (Wales) Act 2014 and related codes of practice. We are looking for a qualified Social Worker to join the Child Care assessment Team who will be responsible in ensuring that the needs and services for children and families within Pembrokeshire. The Social Worker will be required to meet statutory timescales, complete assessments within timescales, undertake child protection investigations and manage their caseloads, including Court Cases. The Social...

Children's Support Workers Location: Oxfordshire Pay Rate: £15 - £18 per hour Contract Type: Temporary About Us: Prospero Health and Social Care is a trusted provider of staffing solutions across the UK, with extensive experience in the health and social care sector. We are currently seeking experienced Children's Support Workers to join our team in Buckinghamshire. Role Overview: As a Children's Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people, helping them build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. You will work closely with families, schools, social workers, and healthcare professionals to ensure the best outcomes for service users. This is a flexible role ideal for professionals committed to delivering high-quality support to children and families in need. Requirements: · At least 6 months experience working with children and young people in a support role · Strong understanding of safeguarding and child...