Social Worker, Assessment Team - Cardiff - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Social Worker to join the Assessment Team in Cardiff. The role requires working with individuals and families while assessing needs and providing casework supervision. Candidates must have a Social Work Qualification and understanding of relevant legislation. The salary is up to £48,513 per annum.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Review and update legal and policy knowledge.
• Work with individuals and families to clarify their needs.
• Assess needs, risks, and options for service users.
• Prepare for decision-making forums.
• Provide casework supervision to team members.

Skills

Knowledge of legal frameworks

Communication skills

Assessment and planning

Teamwork

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Assessment Team to work Full Time based in Cardiff.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £48,513 per annum.

Responsibilities

• To review and update knowledge of legal, policy and procedural frameworks and demonstrate professional competence in social work practice as laid down in the Code of Practice for Social Workers.
• To work with individuals, families, carer groups and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.
• To assist users to enhance their independence and coping skills.
• To assess needs, risks and options, taking into account legal and other requirements, including child protection and protection of vulnerable adults.
• To assess, identify, plan, implement and review the circumstances of individuals and their families and the need for procedural and legal intervention to meet their immediate needs.
• To work actively with carers to identify and meet their support needs.
• To prepare for and participate in decision-making forums.
• To manage and prioritise the workload, carry out duties using accountable professional judgement.
• To work in multidisciplinary and multi organisational teams and contribute to policy review and development of best practice.
• To provide casework supervision to team members below Grade 8.
• To work independently of direct support e.g. attendance at court, child protection case conferences without the presence of a team manager.
• To assist in practice development and special projects within the team.
• To undertake complex and high-risk cases or arrange complex or high value packages of care.
• To complete joint work with less experienced staff or other colleagues in highly complex cases involving the liberty or safety of service users.
• To provide supervision to students and support other staff with students on placement to ensure good quality placements and development of the workforce.
• To organise and plan duty rotas as required.
• To support the Team Manager in the identification of trends on unmet or inappropriately met needs.
• Although you will be provided with a base, you will be required to work from various locations in accordance with the needs of the role.

Requirements of this Social Worker role:

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

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.

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