Social Worker - Kinship Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join the Kinship Team in Hillingdon. This full-time role offers the opportunity to manage a diverse and complex caseload while providing support to trainees and colleagues. The ideal candidate will possess a social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England, demonstrating a strong understanding of children's health and social care systems. This position not only allows for professional growth and development but also emphasizes the importance of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. If you are passionate about making a difference in the community, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England and experienced in managing caseloads.
• Comprehensive knowledge of children's health and social care systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex social work caseloads with increased autonomy.
• Provide support and supervision to trainees and colleagues.
• Ensure compliance with social work standards and frameworks.

Skills

Social Work

Supervision

Community Work

Group Work

Knowledge of Legislation

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £41,793 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage a wider, increasingly complex social work caseload including safeguarding, with more autonomy.
2. Demonstrate in one or more areas of social work practice.
3. Use a range of frameworks for assessment and intervention.
4. Provide support for trainees and other employees, including acting as a 'buddy' for inductees.
5. Take responsibility for obtaining regular, effective supervision from an appropriate social worker to ensure effective practice, critical reflection, and career development.
6. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding and use of knowledge related to the area of practice, including critical awareness of current issues and new evidence-based practice research.
7. Recognise discriminatory practices and appropriately challenge service users, colleagues, and senior staff.
8. Be responsible for proactive measures in response to emergency safety and liberty issues.
9. Demonstrate cost-consciousness in the application of available resources.
10. Maintain knowledge of current team plan and of own contribution in delivering this.
11. Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (Social Work Level).
12. Use a wide range of evidence sources to inform decision-making.
13. Clearly report and record judgements, decisions, and analysis using the appropriate system.

Requirements:

1. Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
2. Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
3. Experience of community and/or group work.
4. Knowledge of children's health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.

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.