Social Worker - Court Team - Slough - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Slough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Social Worker to work in Slough within the Court Team. The ideal candidate will have a degree in social work and a current registration with Social Work England. Key responsibilities include managing cases, building relationships with children and families, and ensuring adherence to national standards. The role emphasizes the importance of equality and diversity in practice.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in social work required.
• Current registration with Social Work England is essential.
• Significant frontline social work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake social work on allocated cases producing outcome-based plans.
• Develop effective relationships with children and families.
• Participate in routine auditing to secure high standards.

Skills

Social work

Evidence-based practice

Relationship building

Record keeping

Education

Degree or equivalent in social work

Current Social Work England registration

Job description

Main Duties

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency is currently looking for a dedicated and experienced Social Worker to work based in Slough, within the Court Team.

• Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome-based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
• Develop effective relationships with CYP and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
• Determine, using evidence-based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
• Responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
• Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
• Ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
• Complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service. With the agreement of the Consultant Social Work Manager/Practice Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family wellbeing.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
• Maintain, monitor, and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
• Work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
• Contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
• Identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking.
• Ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
• Provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job.

Requirements of the Social Worker

• Degree or equivalent in social work.
• Current Social Work England registration.
• Significant post-qualifying experience within frontline social work.

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. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well 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.