ST HELENS Borough Council is recruiting for ten new roles in social care.

The local authority has announced it is creating the positions of social work assistant for people seeking a rewarding role within Children’s Services.

The job involves providing assistance to qualified social workers, helping, protecting, and supporting families subject to statutory procedures within Children’s Social Care services.

This includes:
• Assisting social workers in “Being Brilliant at the Basics”
• Making and sustaining good relationships with children and families to help them achieve change and positive outcomes.
• Assisting Social Workers with assessments, direct work with families, involvement with intervention plans and a whole range of tasks that make a real difference to children.

You will need to be quick if applying though, as the deadline is August 31, 2022.

The salary for the roles is advertised as between £22,571 and £24,920.

In a statement the local authority said: "This is an exciting opportunity for you to utilise existing skills and develop new ones.

"You will receive continuous support, development, and career progression opportunities on your journey with us.

"For some this could be support to train to be a qualified social worker.

"The posts include some home working but will require you to regularly attend the St Helens office and travel around the St Helens and surrounding areas."

The council says its full job description details and person specification information is available here on its vacancy page with this advertisement.

The Children’s Services web page also has other opportunities https://socialcarerecruitment.sthelens.gov.uk

People interested are also advised that they can contact the council first for a chat before applying or to submit your CV in the first instance you can do this by emailing socialcarerecruitment@sthelens.gov.uk