Senior Social Worker - Emergency Duty Team

The Halton and St Helens Emergency Duty Team, provide an out of hours response to emergency situations for People's Services, Mental Health Services, Homelessness for Vulnerable People, Youth Offending and Asylum Seekers. We provide a point of contact for advice and where necessary, an immediate emergency service to individuals and families who are experiencing crisis.

The primary office base is situated at Municipal Building in Widnes. The service operates on a shift rota basis including evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and after midnight on-call working from home.

The team operate using a hybrid shift working model which is inclusive of the opportunity to work from home during weekdays and overnight shifts, dependent on the need and circumstances of the shift, however being office based is expected at weekend day and evening shifts.

As a member of the Halton & St Helens EDT Service you will be part of a skilled and professional team supported by experienced colleagues and Team Manager.

Do you have the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver a high-quality service to vulnerable children and adults? Including Mental Health Act Assessments.

Are you Social Work qualified with a minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience?

Do you have an awareness of the legislative and procedural issues relating to safeguarding work?

Can you operate with a high level of professional autonomy?

We are rated GOOD by Ofsted & OUTSTANDING with Services for Young People Leaving Care!

We are ambitious as we continue "Being Brilliant at the Basics and Beyond" , and working towards becoming outstanding in all areas. The child's voice is central to all our work & we know to achieve this we need well-supported, low-caseload, happy staff. We test whether we are getting this right with health checks. You can view the the most recent survey results attached with this advert.

Check out our most recent Social Worker Health Check attached with this advert.

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Leader. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview / selection process.

Equality & Diversity

St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation.

St Helens Borough Council is a Disability Confident Leader. Disability Confident Leader lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.

You will be required to be based at our offices and be able to attend the St Helens area regularly as part of your work.

Social Worker posts are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure and Social Work England Registration.