Senior Social Worker and Designated Safeguard Lead - Newham - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Social Worker & Designated Safeguard Lead for a permanent position in Newham. The successful candidate will manage complex caseloads, coordinate assessments, and fulfill the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring high standards in safeguarding. This position offers a salary of up to £53,500 per annum and promotes a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of pupils requiring intensive intervention.
• Coordinate multi-agency assessment & care planning.
• Liaise with key stakeholders and ensure a high standard of case recording.
• Fulfil role of Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Provide Senior Leadership with performance data.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Social Work England registered

Job description

Senior Social Worker and Designated Safeguard Lead

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker & Designated Safeguard Lead to work full-time for TCES based in Newham.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker & Designated Safeguard Lead job is up to £53,500 per annum.

Responsibilities:

• Take professional responsibility for managing a highly complex caseload of pupils requiring intensive intervention.
• Lead the coordination and delivery of multi-agency assessment & care planning for those pupils who have Early Help, Child in Need & Child Protection Plans & those children who are looked after.
• Hold overall responsibility for coordination of partnership working and multi-agency liaison, planning, intervention, monitoring, and review, through effective partnership working and collaboration with all key stakeholders, parents/carers, commissioners, local authorities, and engaged professionals.
• Ensure a high standard of case recording, case report writing where appropriate, as well as attendance at statutory meetings.
• Fulfil the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) at both Create Primary and Create in the Community Service Secondary provision.
• Liaise with the Head of Safeguarding, Head of Service, Director of Children & Families when a child makes an allegation against a member of staff or a person in a position of trust.
• Liaise with staff on matters of safety and safeguarding and act as a source of support, advice, and expertise for staff.
• Play a leading role in practice development, help promote and sustain a learning culture, and mentor staff in all aspects of safeguarding and child protection.
• Take professional and personal responsibility for clear recording of analysis, judgements, and decisions by maintaining up-to-date case work records on the child’s management information system.
• Provide Senior Leadership with performance data and analysis to help improve practice.

Requirements:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. 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.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and provide annual online training on EDI and other compliance training courses to our recruitment consultants and employees.