Senior Social Worker, Children Looked After (21.6 Hours)

Sanctuary Personnel; England; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Sanctuary Personnel is recruiting a Senior Social Worker for the Children Looked After Team in Surrey. This permanent, part-time role focuses on safeguarding, complex caseloads and promoting independence while protecting vulnerable children and families.

The successful candidate will supervise less experienced staff, provide reflective supervision, and contribute to practice development within the team. Current SWE registration and relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a complex caseload in child welfare.
• Ability to assess risk and make accountable decisions.
• Strong communication with children, carers, families and partner agencies.
• Experience mentoring and supervising social care staff.

Responsibilities

• Take professional responsibility for a complex caseload within the Children Looked After Team.
• Demonstrate confident, safe judgement in risk and safeguarding decisions.
• Use assessment procedures to ensure proportionate assessments and maximum participation.
• Provide supervision and guidance to less experienced staff and act as practice educator as needed.
• Contribute to practice development and safeguarding training within the team.

Skills

Caseload management

Risk assessment

Interprofessional communication

Staff mentoring

Education

Degree in Social Work

Post qualifying social work experience

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Children Looked After Team to work Part Time based in Surrey.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker role is up to £30,705 per annum.

• Take professional responsibility for managing for managing a complex caseload which will include individuals, children, carers and families who require support and guidance.
• Demonstrate confident and effective judgement about risk and accountability in decision-making and be able to sustain engagement with fluctuating circumstances and capacities, including where there is hostility and risk.
• Use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs and to ensure that a proportionate assessment is completed in a way that enables maximum participation.
• Use professional judgement, employing a range of interventions, promoting independence, providing support and protection, taking preventative action and ensuring safety whilst balancing rights and risks.
• Take the lead in managing positive interventions that prevent deterioration in health and wellbeing whilst safeguarding people at risk of abuse or neglect.
• Undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding in more complex cases, and support colleagues by utilising safeguarding skills, in line with current policies and procedures.
• Play a leading role in practice development, help promote and sustain a learning culture and mentor less experienced staff.
• Deliver formal professional reflective supervision and provide guidance and advice regarding casework to less experienced qualified staff.
• Where required, take the role of practice educator (or train as a practice educator) for students and the role of ASYE assessor and supervisor for newly qualified social workers in the team.
• As part of the supervision and appraisal process provide support with personal and professional development.
• Share and present professional knowledge and expertise to colleagues within the team and with other partners.
• Take professional and personal responsibility for clear recording analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date casework records on the database as required by Surrey.
• Take responsibility for working within the Directorate’s data protection policies.

Requirements of this Senior Social Worker Job.

• Degree or Equivalent in Social Work.
• Current Social Work England Registration.
• Post Qualifying Social Work Experience.

Contact:
This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve

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).