Social Worker - Special Guardianship Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanctuary Personnel is seeking a dedicated Social Worker for their Special Guardianship Team in Waltham Forest, London. This permanent position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to impact the lives of children and families by providing essential support and intervention. The ideal candidate will be experienced in case management and building effective relationships with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registered.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Experience working with vulnerable populations.

Responsibilities

• Assess and provide support to children and families.
• Build relationships with professionals for better outcomes.
• Maintain accurate records and participate in case discussions.

Skills

Assessment and Planning

Case Management

Collaboration

Record Keeping

Crisis Intervention

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker - Special Guardianship Team

Waltham Forest, London , Greater London , England
E20

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43,586 per annum

* Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance.

* Assess family functioning, providing help and support, when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or wellbeing of children at risk of abuse or neglect.

* Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety or ability to participate in their community is restricted.

* Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest there may be a need to remove a child from their parents or carers.

* Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.

* Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.

* Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity. For example, working with people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or diminished capacity.

* Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews.

* Act as Practice Educators for social work qualifying course students in practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.

* Working with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.

* Hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers, as and when required.

* Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development activity and responding to feedback on performance.

* Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross functional output.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.

* Understanding of relevant legislation.

* Social Work England registered.

Contact:

This Social Worker 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. 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.

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