Social Worker - Special Guardianship Team

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

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Social Worker for the Special Guardianship Team in Greater London. This role involves assessing and supporting children and families with complex needs, ensuring their safety and wellbeing. You will collaborate with various professionals, maintain high-quality records, and contribute to the development of social care practices. With a focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion, this agency promotes a supportive environment for all candidates. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals, this is an exciting opportunity to join a committed team.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England and possess a Social Work Qualification.
• Understanding of relevant legislation and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support children and families with complex social care needs.
• Collaborate with professionals to safeguard children at risk.
• Maintain accurate records and participate in decision-making forums.

Skills

Assessment Skills

Planning and Review Skills

Collaboration Skills

Legal Framework Knowledge

Child Protection Knowledge

Education

Social Work Qualification

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 Forest.

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

Responsibilities:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.
7. Promote autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Work with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.
11. 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.
12. Contribute to the 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.
13. Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross-functional output.

Requirements:

1. A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Social Work England registered.

Contact:

This Social Worker position 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. We will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.