Senior Social Worker - Family Safeguarding

Sanctuary Personnel; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Senior Social Worker for the Family Safeguarding Team. This role involves managing complex cases, conducting assessments, and working collaboratively with families and professionals to ensure the best outcomes for children. The successful candidate will be part of a supportive environment, contributing to service planning and delivery while adhering to statutory requirements. With a generous leave entitlement and flexible working options, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact in the community and enhance the lives of families in need.

Benefits

Generous annual leave starting at 29 days

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with experience in child protection and family safeguarding.
• Registered or eligible for registration with relevant social work bodies.

Responsibilities

• Manage cases involving complex assessments of children and families.
• Develop positive relationships with service users and professionals.
• Maintain up-to-date case notes and provide court reports.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Risk assessment

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work

Job description

Senior Social Worker - Family Safeguarding

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Family Safeguarding Team to work Full Time based in Berkshire.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £45,411 per annum.

1. Manage an allocated case appropriate to the extensive experience of the Senior Social Worker, to include complex assessments of children, families and parenting and other work to meet statutory requirements.
2. Work within West Berkshire policies, procedures and good practice guidelines in order to meet the needs of the children and families allocated.
3. Work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, engender change enabling them to clarify and express their needs, and contribute to service planning.
4. Maintain up to date case notes and other records and write reports, including court reports, and give evidence in court.
5. Undertake specialist assessments, for your and other workers' cases, for court proceedings, including parenting and kinship assessments.
6. Ensure that casework is up to date, comprehensively written up, and managed within agreed timescales.
7. When working with families, to recognise, monitor and assess risk. To ensure information about risk is escalated to managers in a timely manner.
8. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with service users and other professionals.
9. Keep up to date with contemporary issues in children's social work including legislation and evidence-based practice and use this to inform working practice.
10. Liaise with colleagues in own and other directorates and external agencies to gather information to inform assessment and care planning activities, jointly plan and deliver interventions.
11. Participate in planning/reviewing the cases of children in care, child protection and support fostering/adoption arrangements.
12. Provide constructive challenge to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working.
13. Lead and monitor multi-agency actions and objectives.
14. Provide leadership and professional wisdom to colleagues and other professionals for work in situations of high complexity.
15. Carry out any other duties, commensurate with the post, as may be required for the efficient running of the service.
16. The post holder will work in the context of relevant legislation and West Berkshire Council policy and procedures.

Requirements of this Senior Social Worker role:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Registered or eligible for registration.
4. Flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07.00-19.00
5. Hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office

You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 days per annum (plus public holidays), rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years' service.

Contact:

This Senior 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.

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.