Senior Social Worker, Kinship Team - Wandsworth - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency has a opening for a Senior Social Worker within the Kinship Team. This role involves managing complex cases, delivering professional supervision, and ensuring safeguarding in line with policies. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in Children’s Services. Salary is up to £44,658 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience within Children’s Services is crucial.
• A valid Full Drivers Licence and access to a vehicle is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload for individuals and families.
• Conduct assessments and ensure maximum participation in the process.
• Lead interventions to prevent deterioration in health and wellbeing.

Skills

Judgment in decision-making

Assessment procedures

Safeguarding skills

Mentoring

Education

Degree or equivalent in Social Work

Current Social Work England Registration

Job description

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

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £44,658 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Take professional responsibility 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 deteriorations 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 of analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date case work records on the database as required.
• Take responsibility for working within the Directorate’s data protection policies.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent in Social Work.
• Current Social Work England Registration.
• Experience within Children’s Services.
• Full Drivers Licence and have use of a vehicle.

Contact

Contact: This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young: 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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