Social Worker - Special Guardianship Team - Waltham Forest - Sanctuary Personal

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

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is offering a permanent Social Worker position in the Special Guardianship Team based in Waltham Forest. The role involves assessing and supporting children and families with complex needs, maintaining records, and collaborating with professionals. Candidates must hold a social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England. Competitive salary of up to £43,586 per annum is offered.

Qualifications

• Social Work Qualification or equivalent is mandatory.
• Must be registered with Social Work England.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and provide support to children and families.
• Collaborate with other professionals to improve children's wellbeing.
• Maintain accurate records of case activities.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Job description

Social Worker – Special Guardianship Team

Sanctuary Personnel 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.
• 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.
• Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation.
• Arrange appropriate alternative care 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.
• Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases.
• Act as Practice Educators for social work qualifying course students in practice placements 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.
• Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development.
• Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities.