Sanctuary Personnel, an award-winning and renowned Recruitment Agency is looking for an experienced and dedicated Project Worker to work full-time based in Long Stratton, within the FAST Team.
The pay rate for this locum Project Worker job is £275 per day (Assignment rate) and is an initial 6-month contract.
Duties:
- Provide outstanding services to children in need or at risk of harm and their families living in Norfolk, to bring about life long change and improved outcomes
- Ensure children and young people are adequately protected in line with the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) and departmental policy and procedures and relevant legislation
- Deliver high-quality social work practice and utilise specialist knowledge to carry out an in-depth family assessment of social need and risk to children
- Lead child-centred assessments using professional curiosity, which involves key family members, professionals and considers each child's identity, experiences, and social circumstances
- Develop child-centred plans with children, their families and key professionals which will manage the identified risks and meet the child's needs
- Review the effectiveness of each plan in a timely way to ensure that interventions bring about positive long term change for children and their families
- Build effective relationships with children and their families which form the bedrock of all support and child protection responses, securing the best outcomes for children and young people
- Strengthen the relationships between children, young people and families wherever possible and appropriate
- Maintain personal and professional credibility through effective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within and outside of the profession and organisation
- Contribute to the organisations roles as a corporate parent to children looked after away from home
- Encouraging and advocating, to support children and young people to thrive and enjoy their childhood and move into independence with confidence and ambition for their futures
Requirements of the Project Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Children’s Services
- Understand and apply core social work competencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effect positive change
- Knowledge and understanding of the Children Act 1989, 2004, Working Together 2016 and other relevant legislation
- Knowledge of current policy and practice, including electronic case management systems
- Knowledge of childcare, child protection procedures, resources, current department of health guidance and quality protects
- Knowledge of child development and attachment, understanding the impact of parental problems and the short and long term impacts of abuse and neglect on children
- Demonstrable expertise in assessments, including core assessments
- Demonstrable ability to work collaboratively with multi-agency partners
- Understanding of the respective roles and responsibilities of other professionals and how child and family social workers can contribute their unique role as part of a multidisciplinary team
- A commitment to, and knowledge and understanding of, equal opportunities, anti-discriminatory practices, and user involvement
- A commitment to CPD
- Ability to manage own time effectively, prioritise and manage caseloads, and meet deadlines
- Ability to reflect and learn from own behaviour and feedback, identifying the impact of the action on others
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Daily payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
- In-house payroll system
- Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine
Contact:
This Project Worker job is advertised by Tom Loomes; 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.
