Social Worker, Domestic Abuse Team

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanctuary Personnel invites applications for a permanent Social Worker in the Domestic Abuse Team based in Reading. The role is full-time with a salary up to £56,269 per annum. You will work within policy and legislation to safeguard children, manage contacts, and collaborate with partner agencies.

Excellent communication and ability to work under pressure are essential. Sanctuary offers commitment to equality, diversity and inclusive recruitment, with supportive supervision and ongoing

Qualifications

• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registration.
• Commitment to safeguarding children and families.

Responsibilities

• Follow RBC policy procedures to help children access protection and support.
• Ensure timely progression of contacts while prioritising child safety.
• Work under pressure with high standards for screening and progression.
• Collaborate with professionals and external agencies to assess family needs.
• Maintain case notes and information sharing in line with consent models.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £56,269 per annum.

• Work within RBC policy procedures and good practice guidelines in order to meet the needs of children enabling them to source the help, support and protection they need.
• Ensure and deliver on the timely progression of contacts, promoting a whole family approach while focusing on the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Be competent and comfortable working within a high-pressured environment that requires high-standards of screening and progression of contacts in short timescales.
• Work closely with others to explore the needs of children and their families, initiating and maintaining positive working relationships with other professionals, partner organisations and external agencies.
• Consider the emerging needs of children and young people in conjunction with the Threshold guidance, ensuring that any challenges are resolved at the earliest opportunity and with the child’s welfare remaining the focus.
• Carefully and quickly, make enquiries and source information, with explicit adherence to consent models and established information sharing pathways, to assess a child/young person’s needs.
• Demonstrate sound analytical skills that critically evaluates information received, forming well balanced and evidence-based recommendations. Your analysis will be informed by relevant research and theory.
• Respond effectively when members of the public and professionals may present in times of crisis.
• Utilise supervision with your line manager as an interactive process to develop practice and improve performance at the individual and team level.
• To work with children, young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions and engender change, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to any agreed plan of support.
• To keep up to date with contemporary issues in children’s social work including legislation and evidence-based practice, and to attend relevant training and development opportunities.
• Maintain and update case notes and other records.
• To take reasonable care of your own health and safety and cooperate with management, so far is necessary, to enable compliance with the company’s health and safety rules and legislative requirements.
• Brighter Futures for Children is a dynamic organisation which recognises the need to respond flexibly to changing demands and circumstances.
• While this JD a summary of functions and responsibilities of the post, this may need to be adapted or adjusted to meet changing.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

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).

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.