Social Worker - Adults

Sanctuary Personnel; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking recruitment agency as a Social Worker in the Adults Locality Team. This exciting full-time role involves managing client cases, ensuring compliance with legislation, and safeguarding vulnerable individuals. You will work autonomously while collaborating with a dedicated team to deliver high-quality support services. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the community. If you're passionate about social work and eager to contribute to a diverse and inclusive environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent is required.
• Understanding of relevant legislation and Social Work England registration.

Responsibilities

• Manage client cases while ensuring best practices and integrity.
• Assess needs and deploy resources for vulnerable clients.
• Collaborate with multi-agency frameworks to protect clients.

Skills

Social Work

Client Case Management

Professional Autonomy

Resource Management

Safeguarding

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Tools

Department's service user database

Job description

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £39,564 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. No direct supervisory responsibility, however may be required to assist in induction and training of peers and new employees.
2. Accepting client cases, as allocated by the manager, in line with the departmental protocols for case allocation and workload management.
3. Working with those clients who are the most vulnerable, or at the most risk and will be expected to have a higher degree of professional autonomy and accountability for their work.
4. Managing your own workload, with support from the manager in a way which ensures professional best practice and integrity at all times, recognises the individual needs of each child/adult, and the importance of their family/carers.
5. Being efficient in the use of the service's resources and effective in terms of outcomes and in meeting the department's key performance targets and demonstrating the ability to work at a consistently high standard.
6. Employing whatever professional social work methods or techniques are relevant to the needs of the situation and of a level of skill expected of a social worker.
7. Assessing for and identifying eligible needs, deploying resources which maintain and promote children and young adults' welfare/independence that may include, for example, respite/domiciliary care, support to carers or other appropriate services. Reviewing to ensure services remain appropriate to need.
8. Recognising the needs of the child/adult in regards to referrals to other professionals to deliver the required services.
9. To ensure vulnerable children/adults are protected by identifying circumstances where abuse may occur, or is occurring, and working collaboratively with others within the framework of the multi-agency safeguarding procedures to protect vulnerable children/adults.
10. To work within the statutory framework for Children/Adult Social Care adhering to national guidance and local policy and procedures, seeking guidance where appropriate to ensure your working practices are in line with legislative responsibilities and practice standards.
11. In agreement with the manager, undertaking work that supports the functioning of the team, contributing to performance and successful outcomes for users of the service.
12. Using the Department's service user database, inputting information as required by Departmental procedures and policies, ensuring the integrity and standard of service records are maintained.
13. Complete other reasonable tasks in order to fulfil role purpose or as instructed by management.

Requirements:

1. A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Social Work England registered.

Contact:

This Social Worker 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. This very much played a significant role 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.