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Social Worker - Children Looked After

Sanctuary Personnel

Stevenage

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GBP 40,000

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Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Social Worker for the Children Looked After Team in Stevenage. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of children and families, ensuring their welfare and supporting their needs. You will be responsible for assessing circumstances, managing risks, and collaborating with various professionals to deliver effective social work practice. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and inclusion, while providing a supportive environment for your professional development. If you are passionate about making a difference in the community, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

  • A social work qualification is essential for this role.
  • Candidates must understand relevant legislation and be registered.

Responsibilities

  • Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and support their families.
  • Assess needs, plan, and evaluate social work practice.
  • Manage risk and maintain accurate records.

Skills

Social Work Qualification
Understanding of relevant legislation
Registered or eligible for registration

Education

Social Work Degree or equivalent

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Children Looked After Team to work Full Time based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £39,186 per annum.

Responsibilities:
  1. To safeguard and promote the welfare of children/young people and support their families and carers by working with cases appropriate to your assessed experience, skills and knowledge.
  2. To assess the needs and circumstances.
  3. To plan, carry out, review and evaluate social work practice with them and other professionals.
  4. To support them, to represent their needs, views and circumstances.
  5. To manage risk to children, young people, families, carers, self and others.
  6. To manage and be accountable with supervision and support for your own social work practice.
  7. To assist and provide advice to families and carers.
  8. To maintain accurate and up to date knowledge of skills and resources by training and supervision.
  9. To keep accurate and up to date records.
  10. 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.
  11. To carry out any other duties as defined by the Director of Children's Services.
Requirements of this Social Worker role:
  1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
  3. Registered or eligible for registration.

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.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

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.

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