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Parental Substance Misuse Specialist Social Worker

Sanctuary Personnel

London

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GBP 36,000 - 52,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

A leading staffing agency is seeking a dedicated Parental Substance Misuse Specialist Social Worker for a permanent role based in Hull. The position involves working collaboratively to enhance family support services, focusing on parents with substance misuse issues. Applicants must possess a degree in social work and be registered as a social worker, with a commitment to improving social conditions for affected children and families.

Qualifications

Degree in Social Work required.
Registered as a Social Worker.
Understanding of social work legislation is necessary.

Responsibilities

Achieving improvement in working relationships between services for children and adults.
Provide specialist assessments of parental substance misuse.
Contribute to multi-professional assessments.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Empathy

Education

Degree or equivalent in Social Work

Registered as Social Worker

Parental Substance Misuse Specialist Social Worker

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Parental Substance Misuse Specialist Social Worker to work full time based in Hull.

The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £51,127 per annum.

* Achieving continued significant improvement in working relationships between services for children, and services for adults with substance misuse problems, to achieve optimal outcomes for children.

* Contributing expertise and specialist advice at the care planning stage for children in need in families which include a substance misusing parent.

* Improve knowledge of the pattern of need amongst families where a parent is misusing substances.

* Become engaged in direct work with individual families at first point of contact with the duty service.

* Continually improve working relationships between services for children in need, and services for adults with substance misuse problems.

* Establish an effective network of links at a management level with key statutory and voluntary agencies in both adult and children's services.

* Collect, maintain and disseminate information and resources for parents, children and young people and other professionals.

* Collate management information and provide statistical returns to inform strategic planning and policy development by senior managers.

* Contribute to multi-professional assessments undertaken by Social Workers of Children's Specialist service by providing specialist assessments of parents substance misuse.

* Contribute to the child's care plans by providing specialist treatment required by parents with substance misuse concerns.

* Attend meetings within the borough that are linked to the post including working collaboratively with the three substance misuse specialists for children and young people.

* Provide regular briefing sessions and relevant information to staff in Children's Specialist Service by attending team meetings or arranging training events.

* The profile is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the duties the post holder will carry out. Other reasonable duties commensurate with the level of the post, including supporting emergency and priority situations, will form part of the role.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

* Degree or equivalent in Social Work.

* Registered as Social Worker.

* Understanding of the SW legislation.

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

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

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.

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