Out of Hours Social Worker (Part-Time)

 

Application Deadline: Ongoing 

Shortlisting Date: As and when applications are received 

Interview Date: As and when applications are received

Interviews: Face to face interviews 

 

 

Stockport Family is looking for an experienced Social Worker to join our Out of Hours (OOH) Team on a part-time basis.

 

The OOH service provides an effective and timely response to urgent notifications that occur outside usual business hours that identify a child or adult is vulnerable and at risk of harm. You will join a well-established, highly experienced team of Social Workers to perform this statutory social care function who benefit from Team Manager Support as well as On Call Service Lead support. 

 

Activity includes statutory social work functions such as Section 47 investigations, decision making, safeguarding adult investigations, placement of children (including pace beds) and adults in residential care, completion of welfare visits and checks.

 

You will be provided with a solo protect device, which offers you personal security whilst lone working and allows you to discretely contact for immediate help 24/7. 

 

 

You will be a passionate social work practitioner, proud of your profession and able to reflect and think creatively about how you respond at pace to urgent social work intervention to ensure children, families and adults are safe and achieve the best outcomes. You will be confident using professional judgement to employ a range of interventions ensuring safety whilst balancing rights and risks.

 

You must have current Social Work England registration and you will be committed to your professional development, take up the vast amount of learning opportunities on offer and be excited about becoming part of Stockport Family. 

 

In Stockport Family we value diversity and the unique perspectives that each of us bring and are committed to our workforce being representative of the diverse communities that we serve. 

 

 

Stockport Family has recently received it’s Ofsted inspection (2022) and has been found to be ‘Good’ in all areas. Ofsted said about Stockport:

 

 

Ofsted found a high standard of practice, a culture of learning, a commitment to innovation and strong multi-agency relationships within our well-established integrated model of Stockport Family. 

 

What do social workers say about working in Stockport?

 

 

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues.

 

As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.