Social Worker - Children and Young People Disability Team - Reading - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Social Worker for the Children & Young People Disability Team in Reading. The role involves conducting assessments, working within policies to support children and families, and maintaining case documentation. The ideal candidate will have a Social Work qualification, be registered with Social Work England, and possess knowledge of relevant child protection legislation. This full-time position offers a salary of up to £47,493 per annum.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments and arrange accommodation for children and young people.
• Work within policy and procedures to meet needs of children and families.
• Develop positive working relationships with service users and professionals.
• Maintain and update case notes and documents, write reports as needed.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Social Work England registration

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker – Children and Young People Disability Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Children & Young People Disability Team to work full time for Brighter Futures for Children based in Reading.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £47,493.00 per annum.

• Undertake assessments and, where appropriate, arrange accommodation for children and young people.
• Work within BFFC Policy and Procedures and good practice guidelines in order to most effectively meet the needs of the children and families allocated to you.
• To work with children, young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions and engender change, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.
• To develop and maintain positive working relationships with service users and other professionals.
• To keep up to date with contemporary issues in children’s social work including legislation and evidence-based practice, and to attend relevant training and development opportunities.
• To liaise with colleagues in own, other directorates, external agencies in order to gather information relevant to assessment and care planning activities, and jointly plan and deliver interventions.
• Maintain and update case notes and other records, and write reports as necessary. If required, give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
• Participate in planning and/or reviewing the cases of children in care, and supervise fostering/adoption arrangements.
• To act as lead professional with regards to Core Groups, etc, and lead and monitor multi-agency actions and objectives.
• When working with families, recognise, monitor and assess risk, and escalate risk to supervisors in a timely manner which is consistent with, and upholds, BFFC Equal Opportunities Policy.
• To take reasonable care of your own health and safety and co-operate with management, so far is necessary, to enable compliance with the company’s health and safety rules and legislative requirements.
• Brighter Futures for Children is a dynamic organisation which recognises the need to respond flexibility to changing demands and circumstances. While this job description provides a summary of functions and responsibilities of the post, this may need to be adapted or adjusted to meet changing circumstances. Such changes would be commensurate with the grading of the post.

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 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.