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Opus people solutions on behalf of Cambridge County Council have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join their Safeguarding Team.

Job Title: Social Worker - Safeguarding & Family Support
Length of assignment: 3 Months
Hours per week: 37
Hourly rate: £33.30
Location:Darby House
Remote/Office based: Hybrid

Manage a caseload with various levels of complexity.
In doing so the postholder will lead on complex assessments and provide evidence as necessary in court proceedings.
To practice effectively, exercising high quality judgements in situations of increasing complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge in Children's Services, acting with confidence and considerable autonomy
Ability to assess situations effectively, determine which interventions, knowledge and skills should be deployed, and ability to anticipate the possible progress of issues and options without pre-judging.
To integrate professional knowledge, the views of people using services and research/evaluation evidence into practice.
Ability to use knowledge and skills to take more initiative and continue to broaden and deepen a broad repertoire of responses.
To have expertise in one or more areas of practice, be familiar with and linked in to local and national resource networks.If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Social worker experience and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you