Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced MASH Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Twickenham.
Team/Specialism: MASH
Pay Rate: £38.50 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time
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Duties:
- Act as the lead professional in statutory cases that require a qualified social worker, including child protection, care proceedings and looked after children cases
- Undertake the full range of social work tasks with children in need and their families; assessment, planning, implementation and review (APIR)
- Bring together and co-ordinate the team around the child to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to APIR and safeguarding
- Establish and develop collaborative working with allied health and social care practitioners from children’s and adults’ services
- Promote and model effective working arrangements with schools, children’s centres and other settings
- Develop a good understanding of evidence based practice and integrate models of best practice into day to day service delivery
- Participate positively in professional supervision and annual appraisal (PrP) review,taking personal responsibility for the quality of practice
Requirements of the MASH Social Worker:
- Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, Bachelors or Masters
- Degree in Social Work or other professional social work qualification recognised by the GSCC for the purposes of registration in the UK
- Current Social Work England registration
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children and young people; the ability to work effectively with children and their parents/carers and involve them in decision making
- Applied knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance and best practice in safeguarding children, including the statutory duties of the Local Authority in ensuring the protection of children
- Strong team working skills to give and gain the support of team colleagues
- A good understanding of prejudice and discrimination and the need for a policy on equal opportunities in service provision and a strong commitment to anti-discriminatory practice
- Experience of working together with others, across voluntary and statutory agencies, providing a social work service to children in need and their families, gained in statutory settings
- Ability to use supervision and appraisals to maximise personal effectiveness and for professional development
- Ability to work flexible hours as required to meet the needs of children, young people and their families
- Effective oral and written communication skills, including formal report writing
- Applied skills in a range of social work approaches and methods especially assessment, planning, implementation and review, facilitating the team around the child, aimed at improving outcomes and the life chances of vulnerable children
- Ability to carry out assessments, including risk assessments, collecting and analysing all relevant information and following current guidance on the assessment of children in need and their families
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload and to work under pressure, maintaining quality standards and meeting deadlines
- Ability to maintain accurate and up to date children’s case records in compliance with procedures
Contact:
This MASH Social Worker job is advertised by Michael Bowen; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
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.
