Are you an experienced Social Worker looking for an opportunity to truly transform lives? Look no further! At Sanctuary Personnel, we understand the immense impact you can make, and we are here to support you every step of the way. As a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 600+ reviews, we believe in the power of personal connections. We are seeking Adults Social Workers with UK experience to join our team and embark on a fulfilling journey with us. Let's connect and explore the incredible possibilities that lie ahead for you.
Location: Merton
Team/Specialism: Mental Health
Pay Rate: £35 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time
Why work with us?
- Personalized Support: At Sanctuary Personnel, we believe in building strong relationships. Connect with us and benefit from your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience in recruiting social work roles in both the public and private sectors. We provide tailored guidance to ensure your success.
- Exclusive Benefits: Join us and enjoy a range of exclusive benefits that enhance your professional journey. We offer a fully online and paperless registration service, free DBS and compliance service, and access to paid mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable). Additionally, we provide exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working options, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable), and extensive equipment provided.
- Career Development: We prioritize your growth and revalidation/registration renewal based on your length of service. We also offer a £250 refer-a-friend bonus once your referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped - T&Cs apply) and a find your own job bonus of £250 for bringing your own position to us. Access our online career's hub for further development opportunities.
- Smooth Payroll Process: Enjoy the convenience of daily payroll and our reliable in-house payroll system. We ensure timely and hassle-free payments, so you can focus on making a difference.
Duties:
- Be part of a multi-disciplinary team where members work closely with each other to provide an excellent service
- Have a vital role in the team to embed social care and to deliver a high-quality service that is sensitive to the needs of our service-users and carers
- Be responsible to the Locality Manager on a day- to- day basis for work within the Team
- Participate in regular professional supervision with the Senior Social Worker
- Contribute to developments in practice and service delivery within London Borough of Merton, and have a key role in building and maintaining links with other stakeholders in primary care, and the private and voluntary sector
- Undertake holistic assessments of need and formulate care plans through multidisciplinary CPA planning process
- Ensure that appropriate care and resources are made available to service – users with substance misuse needs, and to regularly review the care plan, and adjust services where appropriate
- Implement Community Care Legislation Fair Access to Care Services criteria, the Mental Capacity Act, and Mental Health Act to meet service – users needs
- Carry out risk assessments and demonstrate risk management within the context of CPA ensuring that plans are implemented and regularly reviewed
- Support service-users to commission services they require through self – directed support and as a care coordinator arrange appropriate statutory services
- Implement the Recovery Approach with service-users and their carers, to offer them choice and control and engage them in mental health promotion and relapse prevention work
- Work with service-users when they are in crisis both for allocated CPA cases and to take collective responsibility for service-users open to the team
- Write social circumstances reports on allocated service – users for Mental Health Review Tribunals and managers hearings
- Participate in team and other duty rotas
- Work with Carers, complete Carers assessments and implement packages of care where required
- Liaise with other agencies both statutory and in the private and voluntary sector
- Attend both management and professional supervision on a regular basis, and to participate actively in the supervision process
- Attend team meetings, both clinical and business, on a regular basis
Requirements of the Adults Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant frontline experience in Adults Services within the UK
- Demonstrate leadership in relation to the social care agenda within the team, to hold a full caseload, and complete comprehensive assessments of need, risk management and a recovery approach to service-users with substance misuse issues
- Demonstrate effective communication with a range of agencies and professionals
- Have sufficient knowledge and awareness of the impact of substance misuse, treatment options including medication and its associated side effects, and to be able to work with service-user concordance
- Have a sound working knowledge of child protection and safeguarding vulnerable adults, be able to undertake investigations, write reports and follow through protection plans and close cases
Contact:
This Adults Social Worker job is advertised by Ashley McSheen. If you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Please note that while we regretfully can only respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet the specified requirements for this role, we encourage you to explore our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
At Sanctuary Personnel, we value inclusivity and diversity. If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustments 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.
Transform lives and make a difference as a Social Worker with Sanctuary Personnel. Apply now to embark on an exceptional career journey!
