Senior Social Worker/Senior Practitioner - Family Help Team - Ilford - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Ilford; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency in the UK seeks a Senior Social Worker/Senior Practitioner for its Family Help Team located in Redbridge. This full-time role involves managing complex cases, mentoring junior staff, and conducting high-quality assessments. Candidates must have a relevant social work qualification and an understanding of applicable legislation, with the salary up to £56,607 per year. The agency is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within the workforce.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage higher levels of risk and balance support and control.
• Chair meetings and provide expert opinion.
• Produce high-quality assessments and reports.
• Mentor newly qualified social workers.

Skills

Autonomous assessment

Expert practice in complex situations

Mentoring skills

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Senior Social Worker/Senior Practitioner – Family Help Team

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

The salary for this Senior Social Worker/Senior Practitioner job is up to £56,607 per annum.

• Be fully demonstrating the level descriptors in the PCF of Experienced Social Worker. You will work autonomously and demonstrate expert and effective practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk, striking a balance between support and control, liaising with a wide range of professionals, including more senior levels.
• Chair a range of meetings, offer expert opinion within the organisation and to others.
• Chair a range of meetings, offer expert support to case conferences, and produce high quality assessments and reports for a range of functions.
• Model good practice, setting expectations for others and take responsibility and be accountable for the practice of others, mentoring newly qualified social worker, and supervision the work of less experienced practitioners.
• Undertake capacity-building with individuals, families, communities, user groups and voluntary organisations, and contribute their views on service provision to commissioners.

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 Stefan Garrett; 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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