Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding Team - Reigate - Surrey - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is hiring a Senior Social Worker for their Safeguarding Team in Reigate. This full-time position involves managing complex caseloads and ensuring the safety of individuals at risk, while also mentoring less experienced staff. A social work qualification, understanding of relevant legislation, and registration eligibility are required. The role offers an annual salary of up to £57,588.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for registration as a social worker.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of individuals, children, carers, and families.
• Demonstrate judgment about risk and accountability in decision-making.
• Lead positively in managing interventions that safeguard at-risk individuals.
• Mentor less experienced staff and provide professional supervision.
• Maintain accurate case work records in compliance with data protection.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Job description

Senior Social Worker – Safeguarding Team – Reigate

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

The salary for this Senior Social Worker job is up to £57,588 per annum.

• 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 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 of analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date case work 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:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

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