6 jobs found in Pontefract

Our client Wakefield Council is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Adult Safeguarding Team. Main Tasks To undertake comprehensive needs assessments. To plan, implement and review care plans within the framework of the Care Programme Approach. To provide social work interventions to individual service users and carers as identified within the care plan. To contribute to the effective assessment and management of risk and protection of others. To liaise with the Probation Service and make referrals to the relevant MAPPA when appropriate. To undertake care co-ordination and social supervision of service users living in the Wakefield locality. To contribute to the provision of specialist multi-disciplinary treatment programmes. To work with local and regional mental health services to meet service users needs and facilitate effective transfer of care and discharge. To negotiate for and mobilise resources both locally and regionally. To liaise with other relevant Health...

Our client Leeds City Council is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Duty Assessments team. Job Purpose: Under the general direction of a Team Manager to provide a high quality and comprehensive social work service to children, their families, and carers in accordance with the organisational needs, policy, and practices of the Directorate and within statutory guidelines. Develop relationships with children, young people, and families/carers so as to best provide a high-quality service. Honour commitments and demonstrate accountability. This is an experienced Social Worker role with specific responsibilities for managing a caseload of higher levels of complexity, which will include assessment and management of risk and to provide casework advice, support, and guidance to other team members. The post holder must at all times carry out the responsibilities within the City Council's Policies and Procedures, and also within the Social Work England Code of Practice....

Social Value Officer · Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council If you want to see social value turn into real outcomes for local people, not just a line in a tender document, this role puts you right at the centre of it. £30,000–£32,000  | Fixed-term to 30 October 2028, with the potential to become permanent | Hybrid: Rotherham, 2–3 days office-based Employed by Social Value Portal, embedded full-time within Rotherham Council 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off · Pension matched up to 5% · Private medical insurance · Accredited training through The Knowledge Academy About Social Value Portal Social Value Portal built the UK's leading platform for measuring and maximising social value, and works in partnership with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to embed social value across its procurement and supply chain. Since 2014, that work has helped unlock over £74bn in social value nationwide, using the evidence-based TOM System (Themes, Outcomes and...

Our client Rotherham metropolitan borough council is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Child protection team. Role Summary The post holder will provide a local and personal social care service for children and families in need and contribute to the range of voluntary and statutory social work activities, including carrying out assessments and including within court proceedings. Responsibilities Provide a local and personal social care service for vulnerable customers and contribute to a range of voluntary and statutory social work activities Carry out investigations and planned assessments, providing written evidence based reports for complex cases Assess a customer's needs in accordance with council policy and within the relevant legislation, including joint assessments with other relevant bodies Develop support plans, identify, negotiate and co-ordinate the services necessary to meet the needs of the individual Monitor support plans and to ensure service...

PART TIME AND REDUCED HOURS AVAILABLE We are currently recruiting for Bradford Social services for an experienced Qualified Social Worker for their Children with Disabilities Team This position will be for a period of 6 months but is likely to be extended. The Children with Disabilities Team is a specialist social work team working with disabled children, young people and their families. The team are a well-established, experienced team with their work covering the full range of statutory duties in the delivery of the service. Within the team, they work with families on a Child in Need basis, those where there are safeguarding concerns and children in our care, and Early Intervention Social Workers who are the initial point of contact for families with the Team. Bradford are happy to look at 30 hours over 4 days or 2.5 days a week. There is parking nearby and the role is hybrid 3 days in the office and 2 from home. All visits are face to face. Regular supervision and...

Portfolio HR & Reward are supporting a value driven, public sector organisation that are currently seeking a Learning & Development Lead to join them on a Temporary basis. This role will be based in Bradford, and you will be required to be on site 2 days per week. The successful candidate will receive a day rate of £314 per day PAYE / £400 per day umbrella plus holiday pay. As a successful Learning & Development Lead, you will be responsible for; Leading the current L&D function Review current work plans and working with SLT's to identify appropriate priorities Review the key existing programmes including mandatory training, early careers etc The ideal Learning & Development Lead will have experience in the following; Previous experience leading an L&D function, ideally within a public sector organisation Designing and delivering leadership development programmes Adopting a collaborative approach, both with teams and stakeholder If you are a...