3 jobs found in Taunton

Our client Somerset council is looking for a Children's Social Worker to join their Kinship care team. Key tasks and responsibilities: Children's Services Function The responsibility of the Children's Services Function is to promote and ensure the safety, well-being and learning of children and young people. Within the Service, Children and Young People's Social Care Team provide services to "Children in Need", children subject to Child Protection Plans, Children "Looked After" and consultancy across Early Help Services. Many of these roles operate through "multi-agency" teams. Qualified Social Workers will work in accordance with professional standards (as set by the HCPC) and provide case responsible roles and statutory services to:- Children and young people in need; Children subject to "child protection plans"; Children "looked after".They may also provide specialist and/or consultancy services where deemed beneficial to children and families to other professionals and to...

Our client Somerset council is looking for a Team Manager to join their Family safeguarding team. Job description You will lead a team of 6 social workers, providing support, regular supervision, scrutiny and oversight of the children and families they are working with. You will chair key meetings such as strategy discussion, PLO meetings, permanency planning meetings and support social workers in court hearings as required. You will make decisions regarding need and risk, and be able to escalate as needed and follow correct policy, procedure and legislation. I am looking for an experienced social work manager, ready to start immediately and take on an established team while their manager is away from work. You will have proven experience of working within child safeguarding, with strong writing and analysis skills to ensure high standards of report writing and quality assurance. Benefits of working with Remedy A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated...

Interim Procurement Officer, Public Health team 6 Months - On going Hybrid - 2 days in County Hall, Dorchester * Neg depending on experience. Up to £500 a day Inside IR35 Background The Public Health team at Dorset Council work very closely with the Public Health team at BCP Council and have many shared contracts. Most of these contracts are currently hosted by Dorset Council on behalf of both local authorities. The disaggregation of the former pan-Dorset public Health team in April 2025 has increased the complexity of commissioning arrangements and generated additional procurement work. We have identified a need for additional procurement capacity to help manage the high volume of contract changes and new contracts that are required. Some work will be led by Dorset Council with other projects led by BCP Council. Work required in the next 12 months includes: Support for the project to reprocure of the pan-Dorset sexual health contract for implementation in April 2027...