5 jobs found in Shrewsbury

Our client Shropshire Council is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Kinship Fostering team. You will be supporting children to remain safely within their family networks wherever possible. You will play a key role in achieving permanency for children through timely, high-quality assessments and strong relationship-based practice. Key Responsibilities Complete Form K assessments to assess connected persons as foster carers. Undertake viability assessments to inform early permanence planning. Carry out SGO assessments, including support plans and court reports. Provide regular supervision and support to approved kinship foster carers. * Support carers to manage placement challenges, contact arrangements, and transitions to permanence. Work closely with children's social workers and multi-agency partners to ensure coordinated care planning. Ensure all work is child-centred, evidence-based, and within statutory timescales.About You Qualified Social Worker...

Our client Shropshire Council is looking for a Children's Senior Practitioner to join their looked after children service. Key Responsibilities: As a Social Worker / Senior Social Worker within the Children Looked After Service, you will be responsible for: Maintaining your personal performance with the support of your Team Manager. Undertaking a range of assessments informed by direct intervention with children and families. Progressing children's care and pathway plans, by ensuring that they are accessing the right level of service at the right time. Undertaking statutory visits to children placed at home, in foster care, and within residential provisions in accordance with CLA requirements. Case management and co-ordinating a range of meetings including care planning, risk management, placement stability, PEP's, and review meetings. Providing children and families with information and advice to assist in resolving problems. Some court work relating to revocation of care...

Our client Shropshire council is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join their Looked after children team. Key Responsibilities: As a Social Worker / Senior Social Worker within the Children Looked After Service, you will be responsible for: Maintaining your personal performance with the support of your Team Manager. Undertaking a range of assessments informed by direct intervention with children and families. Progressing children's care and pathway plans, by ensuring that they are accessing the right level of service at the right time. Undertaking statutory visits to children placed at home, in foster care, and within residential provisions in accordance with CLA requirements. Case management and co-ordinating a range of meetings including care planning, risk management, placement stability, PEP's, and review meetings. Providing children and families with information and advice to assist in resolving problems. Some court work relating to revocation of care orders, SGO and...

Software Developer Telford/ hybrid - 2 days per week onsite £400 per day inside ir35 6 month contract We're looking for an experienced Software Developer to join a major UK Government programme, supporting a business-critical application within a complex enterprise environment. You'll be responsible for developing and maintaining software, delivering enhancements, resolving production issues, and supporting the stability of a key live service while working closely with engineering and delivery teams. Key Skills: Strong software development background VB6 / Visual Studio 6.0 VBA & ActiveX Components XML & SOAP Toolkits Team Foundation Server (TFS) Experience supporting enterprise or production-critical applications Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skillsDesirable: GovRules Client GovRules IDE GovRules Native LanguageThis is an excellent opportunity to join a long-running Government programme, working within a collaborative team on software that supports...

Social Worker – Children’s Safeguarding, CIC & Family Support Service: CIC, Children’s Safeguarding & Family Support Services Contract: Locum Pay Rate: £28.55 per hour Umbrella Hours: 37 hours per week Working Pattern: Hybrid – mixture of office and home working Experience: Minimum 3 years’ post-qualifying experience (PQE) required DBS: A DBS check may be applicable About the Role We are seeking an experienced and committed Children’s Social Worker to join the CIC, Children’s Safeguarding and Family Support Services team. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of children and families, undertaking assessments, managing safeguarding risks and developing effective care and support plans. You will work closely with children, families, carers and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes and promote children’s safety, wellbeing and stability. Key Responsibilities Manage an allocated caseload of children and families, including Children in Care (CIC)....