Social Worker - Special Guardianship Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated recruitment agency in Waltham Forest is looking for a qualified Social Worker to join their Special Guardianship Team. The role involves assessing and supporting children and families in complex situations, ensuring their safety and wellbeing. Applicants must hold a relevant social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England. Competitive salary up to £43,586 per annum offered.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support children, families, or carers with complex needs.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals.
• Manage a caseload and provide guidance to social care staff.

Skills

Assessment and planning

Building effective relationships

Child safeguarding

Case management

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker - Special Guardianship Team

Location: Waltham Forest, London, Greater London, England

Salary: up to £43,586 per annum

Overview

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 Forest.

Responsibilities

• 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, including work 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 Educator for social work qualifying course students in practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.
• Work 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

• 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, we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients\' requirements.

Sanctuary Personnel is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and supports applicants from diverse backgrounds.