Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Team - Luton - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Luton; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Social Worker for the Children with Disabilities Team in Luton. This full-time position involves assessing needs and risks, coordinating multi-agency approaches for child protection, and ensuring regular reviews of service users' needs. A social work qualification and relevant registration are required. The role offers a salary of up to £37,261 per annum.

Qualifications

• A social work qualification or equivalent is required.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is necessary.
• Registration with the relevant health professional council/governing body is required.

Responsibilities

• Complete professional assessments of need and risk for children with disabilities.
• Coordinate the multi-agency approach to child protection.
• Plan interventions and keep case records.
• Review the needs of service users regularly.

Skills

Professional assessment skills

Knowledge of legislation

Multi-agency coordination

Communication skills

Education

Social work qualification or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker – Children with Disabilities Team

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 Luton.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £37,261 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Complete professional assessments of need and risk in respect of service users. Taking the lead role and responsibility, you co-ordinate the multi-agency approach to prevent and address child protection issues and children in need.
• Undertake statutory duties under the Children Act 1989 and other legislation and guidance relating to service users, risk assessments and investigations in relation to the protection of children with learning difficulties.
• Plan professional intervention using the appropriate available resources ensuring needs are met through negotiation and consultation with professional colleagues and service users. Promote anti-discriminatory practice and the empowerment of service users.
• Keep appropriate case records, statistics and information. Provide case reports and witness statements for court when required, accountable to the requirements of both internal/external agencies in line with Luton Borough Council Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure that the needs of service users are regularly reviewed and changes in circumstances and newly identified needs are addressed. This will necessitate organising and chairing multi-agency meetings.
• When necessary and subject to accreditation, carry out, when required the role of practice teacher for students on professional qualifying courses.

Requirements

• A social work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• This post requires registration with the relevant health professional council/governing body (Social Care England).

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, 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 been a significant factor in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards and 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.