Social Worker

My Social Work News; Ilford, Greater London, Lewisham, London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a permanent Social Worker for the MASH Team in Haringey. This role requires undertaking assessments and supporting families to ensure children are safe while working with other professionals. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing cases, preparing reports, and attending Court when necessary.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments for children and families in accordance with guidelines.
• Prepare and present reports for Court and planning meetings.
• Support children and families to ensure safety and compliance with plans.

Skills

Safeguarding

Assessment

Decision Making

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43,815 per annum.

• To undertake a range of children and families and safeguarding assessments.
• To undertake assessments in accordance with central government and local guidelines and where appropriate prepare, present and implement plans for work with children and their families based on such assessments.
• To support children and their families so that children will be maintained in a safe environment within the family network.
• To initiate where necessary Care Proceedings, attend Court and represent the Local Authority.
• To support children who are looked after by this authority. Formulate, prepare and implement appropriate care plans in line with C.L.A. Procedures.
• To prepare and present a range of reports including reports for Court, Child Care Reviews, CP Conferences and planning meetings.
• Manage workload, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties.
• To be accountable for your practice and involve individuals, families, carers, groups and communities in decision making, offering them choices, options and linking them to support groups and networks.
• To help individuals, families, carers, groups and communities represent their views in all meetings affecting them and work effectively with other to improve services offered to them.
• To have particular regard to all safeguarding issues and to ensure that they are raised appropriately through professional and managerial channels.
• Draw on a range of evidence sources to inform decision making. Ensure hypotheses and options are reviewed to inform judgment and decision making. Ensure that you evidence that you routinely consult with service users and accurately capture their wishes and feelings.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:

This 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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