Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has exciting Locum opportunities available for experienced Safeguarding Social Workers to join a well-established Children’s service based in Croydon.
Team/Specialism: Safeguarding Project
Pay Rates: Negotiable
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Social Work roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend that works in Social Work and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum in Social Work provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties:
- Directly deliver and or contribute to the delivery of positive safety and well-being outcomes for children of Croydon
- Support other staff within the team to develop their level of practice and expertise and growing the confidence in their practice
Requirements of the Safeguarding Social Workers:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Confident Social Workers/ Advanced Social Workers
- Have a minimum of 2 years experience in working in within safeguarding children’s services
- A sound understanding of systemic practice which underpins the framework model within Croydon (desirably a foundation level qualification)
- Experienced in completing high standard analytical family assessments and legal reports with informed, evidence based recommendations, including where appropriate effective care planning delivering the outcomes of these plans through multi-agency co-ordination and review of the intervention
- Skilled in building relationship, engaging and managing complex families through varying levels of intervention including (but not limited to) child in need, child protection and the public law outline
- Competency in representing children lived experiences and advocating for them in an array of forums including court; always demonstrating empathy and maintaining professionalism
- Knowledge of national policy, strategy and developments regarding children’s social care, and areas that impact on children’s social care
- Knowledge and application of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards and procedures
- Knowledge and application of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models and research findings
- Knowledge and application of models of reflective supervision that impact on practice and outcomes
- Ability to maintain records that evidence our engagement with children and families, , informs the quality assurance framework e.g., quantitative, qualitative and outcome information for the children and families, capturing the views and experiences of children and families
Contact:
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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.
