Social Worker - Children with Disabilities

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

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a passionate Social Worker for the Children with Disabilities Team in Slough. In this full-time role, you will be responsible for safeguarding the wellbeing of children and young people, managing complex cases, and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations. Your expertise will be crucial in producing well-structured assessments and fostering meaningful relationships with families to support their needs. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of vulnerable children. Join a dedicated team committed to promoting diversity and providing exceptional support.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Ability to manage an independent workload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Promote and safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people.
• Conduct thorough assessments and implement suitable interventions.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Education

Social Work Degree or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker - Children with Disabilities

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £45,498.00 per annum.

Main Duties:

1. Promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of the child/young person at all times and throughout all aspects of work.
2. Be responsible for managing an independent workload, ensuring legislative requirements are met to a high standard and within required timescales.
3. Thoroughly assess, critically analyse, plan and implement suitable interventions for complex cases that fulfil statutory regulations, instigating proceedings and taking cases to court as required whilst effectively managing risk at all times and seeking support from senior team members when required.
4. Produce concise, well-structured assessments, plans and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgments and ensuring that all recommendations are followed.
5. Where cases are to be transferred to another service or partners, ensure that there is a clearly recorded transfer plan.
6. Maintain accurate, up-to-date, evidence-based records safely and confidently, in line with statutory requirements.
7. Work with children, young people and families/carers to develop effective relationships through meaningful and purposeful direct work, actively seeking and understanding their needs and views to promote their participation in decision making and inform practice in assessment and planning in individual cases.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

1. A Social Work Qualification or equivalent and Social Work England registered.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.

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.