Social Worker - Child Protection & Assessment Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Ilford; On-site; GBP 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Social Worker for the Child Protection & Assessment Team. This full-time position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of children and families by conducting assessments, formulating care plans, and ensuring safeguarding practices are upheld. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and provides support to its employees. If you are passionate about making a difference and have the necessary qualifications, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England and understanding of relevant legislation.
• Experience in safeguarding and child protection assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments for children and families, ensuring safety and support.
• Prepare and present reports for court and care reviews.

Skills

Safeguarding assessments

Child protection

Care plan formulation

Report writing

Workload management

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker - Child Protection & Assessment Team

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £48,815 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. To undertake a range of children and families and safeguarding assessments.
2. 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.
3. To support children and their families so that children will be maintained in a safe environment within the family network.
4. To support children who are looked after by this authority, formulate, prepare and implement appropriate care plans in line with CLA procedures.
5. To prepare and present a range of reports including reports for Court, Child Care Reviews, CP Conferences and planning meetings.
6. Manage workload, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties.
7. 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.
8. To help individuals, families, carers, groups and communities represent their views in all meetings affecting them to work effectively with others to improve services offered to them.
9. To work with children and their families to ensure where appropriate a re-unification, where short term separation has been necessary.
10. To have particular regard to all safeguarding issues and to ensure that they are raised appropriately through professional and managerial channels.
11. Recognise discriminatory practices and develop a range of approaches to appropriately challenge service users, colleagues and senior managers.
12. Enable and support people to consider and pursue a range of options that may enhance economic status and wellbeing.

Requirements:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. 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.

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.