Adult Social Worker Remote Working

Location Surrey
Job type Permanent
Salary £35,382 - 39,246 per year
Reference 169710

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

The salary for this permanent Advanced Practitioner job is up to £39,246 annum.

Main duties:

  • Using skills and knowledge gained through obtaining a professional Social Work qualification, to carry out the most complex and challenging asset-based assessments/reviews.
  • To carry out background research on referrals, much of which will be distressing and/or emotionally/mentally demanding.
  • To work as a role model showing qualified and unqualified team members how to manage creatively within budgetary restraints to achieve excellent value for money for customers, carers and the service.
  • To give good financial and benefit advice in complex and conflicting situations, including Adult safeguarding situations, Approved Mental Health situations and/or Best Interest cases.
  • Where necessary, to advice on Daily Living Equipment and adaptations, championing use of Assistive Technology.
  • To advice customers and carers concerning their rights, the options available to them and how they can be better supported in a wide variety of the most difficult and challenging circumstances.
  • To implement and review Short Term Enablement Plans, identify Personal budgets and implement and review Support Plans with customers.
  • To work as a Practice/Policy Champion within the team, advising team members and contributing to their development.
  • To act as a key point of liaison for non-SWS staff regarding practice/policy issues, attending workshops or meetings to represent SWS at a county level.
  • To assist and support customers to make often difficult decisions about their future.
  • To share knowledge and learning with colleagues and support team development, contributing to the planning of Learning Sessions/Practice Meetings where required.
  • To participate effectively in internal team working such as duty rotas and buddy systems.
  • To develop specialist knowledge and effective multi agency networks relevant to the customer group.
  • To act as mentor to qualified and unqualified staff, identifying with them areas for development/further induction.

Requirements of this Advanced Practitioner job:

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

Contact:
This Advanced Practitioner job is advertised by Zehnn Young; 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.