Social Worker/Experienced Worker- Permanence Team - Bedford - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Bedford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a qualified Social Worker for the Permanence Team in Bedford. This permanent role involves working closely with children and families to assess their needs and manage risks effectively. Candidates should have a Social Work Degree, be registered with Social Work England, and possess strong communication skills. The salary for this position is up to £50,553 per annum, with a focus on maintaining high standards of practice and professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Ability to communicate skilfully in complex situations.
• Experience managing a complex workload independently.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with children and families to identify needs.
• Conduct assessments and manage risks to children.
• Maintain accurate and confidential records.

Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Education

Social Work Degree or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker/Experienced Worker- Permanence Team

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £50,553 per annum.

• Work in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers and, through building effective relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making. Communicate skilfully and confidently in complex or high risk situations, applying an understanding of the benefits and limitations of partnership work.
• Undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy, and procedures for the service. Anticipate, assess and manage risk to children and young people in more complex situations and produce high quality assessments.
• Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people, families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service.
• Manage a complex workload independently, establishing a network of internal and external colleagues from whom to seek advice and expertise. Model and help other with effective workload management skills.
• Make pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development and to meet the objectives of Professional Development Reviews.
• Maintain accurate, up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures. Produce sufficient, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements.
• Pro-actively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people, families/carers in order to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people.
• Play a leading role in practice development within the team, through mentoring and modelling good practice in assessment, interventions and inter-professional and inter-agency work.
• Meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework, Experienced Social Worker level, and of registration with the HCPC in respect of practice standards, conduct and professional development.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A Social Work Degree or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.
• Good written and Verbal communication skills.

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.