Social Worker - Children in Care

Sanctuary Personnel; London; On-site; GBP 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency seeks a dedicated Social Worker for a permanent role within the Locality Team. This position involves assessing and supporting families with complex social care needs while ensuring the safety and well-being of children at risk. You will collaborate with various professionals, manage a caseload, and contribute to the development of organizational capabilities. This is a fulfilling opportunity to make a significant impact in the community and support vulnerable individuals in achieving their potential. Join a forward-thinking agency committed to diversity and inclusion, where your expertise will be valued and your contributions recognized.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with an understanding of legislation.
• Registered with Social Work England.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support families with complex social care needs.
• Collaborate with professionals to improve children's lives.
• Maintain accurate records and participate in planning forums.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Social Work England registration

Education

Degree in Social Work or equivalent

Job description

Haringey, London , Greater London , England
N4

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Locality Team to work full time based in Guernsey.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £45,628 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance.
2. Assess family functioning, providing help and support, when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or wellbeing of children at risk of abuse or neglect.
3. Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety or ability to participate in their community is restricted.
4. Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest there may be a need to remove a child from their parents or carers.
5. Arrange alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.
6. Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.
7. Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, for example, working with people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or diminished capacity.
8. Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews.
9. Act as Practice Educators for social work qualifying course students on practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.
10. Working with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.
11. Hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers, as and when required.
12. Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development activity and responding to feedback on performance.
13. Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross functional output.

Requirements:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Social Work England registered.

Contact:

This Social Worker is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.