Social Worker - Children in Care

Sanctuary Personnel; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Social Worker for a permanent full-time role based in Guernsey. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing and supporting children and families with complex social care needs. Key responsibilities include safeguarding children, collaborating with professionals, and maintaining case records. Applicants must have a Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England. The role offers a salary of up to £45,628 per annum.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Experience with complex family social care needs.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan support for children and families with complex needs.
• Work collaboratively with professionals to safeguard children.
• Maintain accurate records of case activities.

Skills

Assessment

Collaboration

Legal compliance

Case management

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Haringey, London, Greater London, England

N4

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £45,628 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance.
• Assess family functioning, providing help and support when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or wellbeing of children at risk of abuse or neglect.
• Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety or ability to participate in their community is restricted.
• Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest there may be a need to remove a child from their parents or carers.
• Arrange alternative care (including, where appropriate, a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.
• Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.
• Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity.
• Maintain up-to-date, accurate and high-quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision-making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews.
• Act as Practice Educator for social work qualifying course students on practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.
• Work with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.
• Hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers as required.
• Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development activity and responding to feedback on performance.
• Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross-functional output.

Requirements

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact

This Social Worker 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, 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 has helped Sanctuary win awards for Best Candidate Care and to be a finalist for similar awards.

Sanctuary takes pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). All employees undertake annual online training on EDI and other compliance topics.

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. We will provide appropriate support throughout the process and into your work placement.

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