Social Worker - Children in Care

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

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join their Locality Team. This exciting full-time role involves working with children and families facing complex social care challenges in a supportive environment. As a Social Worker, you will assess needs, provide guidance, and collaborate with various professionals to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community while promoting autonomy and development among those you serve. If you're passionate about social work and eager to contribute to positive change, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker with a qualification and understanding of relevant legislation.
• Experience in family assessment and support for children at risk.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support children and families with complex social care needs.
• Collaborate with professionals to safeguard children from abuse or neglect.

Skills

Assessment and Planning

Family Support

Collaborative Working

Legal Framework Understanding

Case Management

Education

Social Work Qualification

Social Work England Registration

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.
7. Promote autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity.
8. Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision making forums.
9. Act as Practice Educators for social work qualifying course students on practice placements or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.
10. Work with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.
11. 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 and when required.
12. Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development.
13. Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model.

Requirements:

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

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.