https://jobs.co.uk/job/senior-social-worker-ssw-social-care-qualified-we-do-social-work--720dc939-2473-4c82-b16c-624e09e97cf4 RSS feed for Senior Social Worker (SSW) - Social Care Qualified at We Do Social Work. en-gb Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:28:10 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/senior-social-worker-ssw-social-care-qualified-we-do-social-work--720dc939-2473-4c82-b16c-624e09e97cf4 https://jobs.co.uk/job/senior-social-worker-ssw-social-care-qualified-we-do-social-work--720dc939-2473-4c82-b16c-624e09e97cf4 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT Location: Birmingham | Salary: £25 - £30/hour | Type: Contract | Child Protection Inquiry Team – Social Worker   The Role The Child Protection Inquiry Team is a specialist, short-term service responsible for undertaking statutory safeguarding work, including: Completing  Section 47 Child Protection enquiries Undertaking  Section 17 assessments , including 15-day assessments where appropriate Responding to new safeguarding referrals through a  duty rota every four weeks Completing statutory visits and gathering information from children, families and partner agencies Assessing risk, identifying safeguarding concerns and determining appropriate next steps Working closely with schools, health professionals, police and other partner agencies Producing high-quality assessments and reports within statutory timescales Ensuring children and young people's voices, wishes and feelings remain central to decision-making Transferring cases appropriately to longer-term teams once enquiries or assessments are completed This is not a long-term case-holding service.  Cases are transferred to the relevant teams once the short-term safeguarding work has been completed. Caseload Despite the fast-paced n... Contract