Social Worker - Assessment Team - Hertford - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Hertford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Social Worker for a permanent role within the Assessment Team in Hertfordshire. The position offers a salary of up to £42,503 annually and involves safeguarding disabled children and supporting their families. Candidates must have a Social Work Degree and be registered with Social Work England. Excellent communication skills and relevant legislative knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard and promote the welfare of disabled children/young people and support their families.
• Assess the needs and circumstances of clients.
• Manage risk to children, young people, families, and carers.

Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Education

A Social Work Degree or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker - Adults Multi-Disciplinary Team

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 Apsley, Hertfordshire.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £42,503 per annum.

• To safeguard and promote the welfare of disabled children/young people and support their families and carers by working with cases appropriate to your assessed experience, skills and knowledge.
• To assess the needs and circumstances.
• To plan, carry out, review and evaluate social work practice with them and other professionals.
• To support them, to represent their needs, views and circumstances.
• To manage risk to children, young people, families, carers, self and others.
• To manage and be accountable with supervision and support for your own social work practice.
• To assist and provide advice to families and carers.
• To maintain accurate and up to date knowledge of skills and resources by training and supervision.
• To advise management of the needs and resources within the community.
• To keep accurate and up to date records.
• To demonstrate professional competence in social work practice by using current knowledge and working within agreed standards of best social work practice and carrying out duties in accordance with the HCPC codes of practice.
• Contribute to /undertake the assessment and supervision of students, support new staff by coaching and taking part in joint work with less experienced staff to support them in their casework.
• To work closely with other agencies within the community, both statutory and voluntary, in support of preventative strategies.
• To maintain County Policies on Equal Opportunities and Anti Racism.
• To carry out other duties as defined by the Director of Children’s Services.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A Social Work Degree or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.
• Good written and Verbal communication skills.

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.