How do I hire locum or temporary children's services practitioners through Actionus?

Send us the role, location, dates and engagement type. We confirm what is achievable, shortlist compliant children's services practitioners and book them once you approve, with hours recorded through weekly online timesheets.

Can Actionus recruit permanent and interim children's services practitioners?

Yes. We recruit children's social care staff on locum, temporary, interim and permanent terms, and temporary assignments can convert to permanent on agreed terms.

What checks are completed before children's services practitioners start?

Professional registration where it applies, right to work, identity, the correct level of DBS, references and role-specific training evidence. The compliance pack is shared with you before the assignment begins.

Do you work across the whole of the UK?

Yes. Actionus recruits nationally across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Ireland, so you work with one agency wherever the vacancy sits.

For employers

Children's Social Care recruitment agency.

Hire locum, temporary, interim and permanent children's services practitioners with Actionus. Children's services teams carry statutory caseloads across safeguarding, looked-after children, fostering and leaving care, and rely on experienced interim staff to hold cases safely. Actionus supplies residential childcare workers, family support workers and qualified practitioners for locum, contract and permanent roles across local authorities and independent providers.

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How you can hire

Locum, temporary, interim or permanent.

Locum children's services practitioners

Short-notice and planned locum children's services practitioners to cover rota gaps, sickness, leave and backlogs, booked on your framework or direct engagement terms where they apply.

Temporary children's services practitioners

Temporary children's services practitioners for seasonal pressure, projects and fixed blocks of work, with weekly online timesheets approved by your manager.

Interim children's services practitioners

Interim children's services practitioners and senior leads to hold a service, cover a vacant post or deliver a change programme while you recruit permanently.

Permanent children's services practitioners

Permanent children's services practitioners sourced, screened and shortlisted against your brief, with interviews arranged and offers managed through to start.

Compliance checked before the first shift

•Social Work England, SSSC, Social Care Wales or NISCC registration where required
•Enhanced DBS with barred list checks
•Right to work and identity verification
•References covering recent employment in care settings
•Safeguarding and mandatory training evidence

Settings we supply

•Local authority children's services
•Children's residential homes
•Fostering and adoption teams
•Youth and family support services

Specialities

Safeguarding, Looked-after children, Fostering, Leaving care, Family support, Residential childcare

Questions

Hiring children's services practitioners, answered.

How do I hire locum or temporary children's services practitioners through Actionus?: Send us the role, location, dates and engagement type. We confirm what is achievable, shortlist compliant children's services practitioners and book them once you approve, with hours recorded through weekly online timesheets.
Can Actionus recruit permanent and interim children's services practitioners?: Yes. We recruit children's social care staff on locum, temporary, interim and permanent terms, and temporary assignments can convert to permanent on agreed terms.
What checks are completed before children's services practitioners start?: Professional registration where it applies, right to work, identity, the correct level of DBS, references and role-specific training evidence. The compliance pack is shared with you before the assignment begins.
Do you work across the whole of the UK?: Yes. Actionus recruits nationally across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Ireland, so you work with one agency wherever the vacancy sits.

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