Senior Social Worker, Transition Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Redhill; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Social Worker for the Transitions Team, offering a permanent full-time role in Redhill. This position involves managing complex cases, providing support and guidance to individuals and families, and ensuring safety while balancing rights and risks. The ideal candidate will have a strong social work qualification, be registered or eligible for registration, and possess excellent judgement and mentoring skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and offers a supportive work environment, where your expertise will make a significant impact on the community.

Qualifications

• Must have a Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload including individuals, children, and families.
• Lead in safeguarding and practice development while mentoring staff.

Skills

Risk assessment

Professional judgement

Safeguarding

Mentoring

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Transitions Team to work full time for Redhill, Surrey.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £49,588 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. Take professional responsibility for managing a complex caseload which will include individuals, children, carers and families who require support and guidance.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Take the lead in managing positive interventions that prevent deterioration in health and wellbeing whilst safeguarding people at risk of neglect.
6. Undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding in more complex cases, and support colleagues by utilising safeguarding skills, in line with current policies and procedures.
7. Play a leading role in practice development, help promote and sustain a learning culture and mentor less experienced staff.
8. Deliver formal professional reflective supervision and provide guidance and advice regarding casework to less experienced qualified staff.
9. 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.
10. As part of the supervision and appraisal process provide support with personal and professional development.
11. 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.
12. Take responsibility for working within the Directorate's data protection policies.

Requirements of this role:

1. A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Registered or eligible for registration.

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.

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.