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Date Added: Fri 27/02/2026

Children's Social Worker - First Response Team

Greater Manchester, UK
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Company: REED

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £37.00 per hour

Our Client, a Greater Manchester council is seeking a Children's Social Worker to join their First Response Team.

Fantastic payrate of £37 per hour!

Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

  • Work as part of the First Response Team to align Family Help Services with the Front Door of Social Care, supporting early intervention and community-based responses.
  • Provide expert advice, guidance, and modelling of best practice to partners, demonstrating how to assess risk, coordinate plans, and enable effective multi-agency intervention with families.
  • Engage with families in the community to build relationships, identify strengths, and support access to appropriate services, ensuring needs are met at the right level.
  • Support the Front Door process by receiving and triaging referrals, sharing information with partners, and identifying risk, need, and strengths to ensure timely and appropriate work transfer.
  • Work flexibly, including outside core business hours when required, in response to service needs and urgent situations.
  • Coach, support, and provide supervision to designated staff and students, contributing to their professional development and quality of practice.
  • Promote high-quality, strengths-based social work practice across the service, contributing to continuous improvement and positive outcomes for children and families.

Requirements of this role:

  • Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
  • Must have minimum of 3 years post qualifying social work experience

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

  • Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
  • Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
  • Free CV building and Interview support.
  • Free DBS checks.
  • Weekly payroll.
  • PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
  • CPD contributions.
  • Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
  • Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!

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