Social Worker

Sanctuary Personnel; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a full-time Social Worker to join a multidisciplinary team at Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hatfield. The role involves ensuring accurate social histories, managing caseloads, and liaising with authorities. Ideal candidates must hold a social work qualification and have experience with children's health systems. Competitive salary up to £43,600 per annum offered.

Qualifications

• Must have a social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
• Knowledge of legislation related to children's health and social care.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate social history for each young person.
• Assist with safeguarding referrals and liaise with authorities.
• Manage a dedicated caseload with complex care needs.

Skills

Social work qualification

Experience in managing social work caseloads

Knowledge of children's health and social care systems

Education

Registration with Social Work England

Job description

Overview

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker to work full time for Elysium Healthcare based in Hatfield.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43,600 per annum.

Responsibilities

• To ensure an accurate holistic and up to date, social history is available for each young person, which offers formulations and recommendations.
• Coordinate and process Section 117 Mental Health Act 83 aftercare plans with the relevant community agencies.
• To assist with safeguarding referrals and the subsequent liaison with the Local Authority safeguarding team and LADO.
• As a Social Worker, you empower recovery and safeguard some of the most vulnerable people as they build a brighter future. Join Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hatfield as a Social Worker and be part of an environment that has a strong emphasis on teamwork as you change lives for the better.
• You will work 37.5 hours a week alongside a multidisciplinary team at Rhodes Wood Hospital, a specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder service with 3 wards, which empowers recovery in a fast-paced, challenging and fun environment for children and young people aged 8-18 years with eating disorders.
• With experience from the NHS or private sector, you will be responsible for assessing the social care needs of young people within a low secure service, which will see you act as a principal provider of quality social work services as you address outlined needs in care plans.
• As a Social Worker, you will manage a dedicated caseload with complex care needs and/or psychological conditions, which will see you provide social care assessments, implement focused care work on agreed care plans, facilitate group sessions in collaboration with other disciplines and assist in the assessment of aftercare placements.
• You will contribute to the MDT care planning process and provide assessment reports to support the completion of young people's CPA documents, which will see you liaise with Children's Services. Departments to ensure that reports and attendance by a representative are available for Mental Health Review Tribunals. Where necessary, you'll be required to prepare reports and attend hearings.

Requirements

• Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
• Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
• Experience of community and/or group work.
• Knowledge of children's health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.

Contact

This 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 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.