Social Worker UASC Lancashire
Job description
| Salary £36,298-£41,496 Per annum | Fixed Term, Full Time, until 15/02/2026, 37 hours per week |
Lancashire County Council has an exciting opportunity for a Social Work practitioner to support children and young people coming from all over the world via the National Transfer Scheme and spontaneous arrivals. This is a new concept and we have secured funding for three years to support these children with further scope to extend or offer an ongoing permanent position once funding has ended.
The successful candidate will help develop and embed the arrangements within Lancashire. They will have responsibility for assessing and transferring children from Kent intake unit or undertaking initial age assessments of Young People if these present spontaneously from Police referrals or from various dispersal Hotels across the County.
The candidates will be required to undertake initial age assessment and ascertain the need for a full Merton age assessment as well as working closely with immigration partners and the Resettlement team in Lancashire.
This role will also involve working with internal and external partners to implement learning and development around UASC and immigration issues. It will allow you to support in raising the profile and develop understanding around private fostering within communities across Lancashire. You will be the first point of contact for agencies regarding UASC children, and therefore developing relationships with external partners is key to this role.
For an informal discussion please contact Peter Knowles at [email protected]
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013) . If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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