Sanctuary Personnel, a committed and competitive recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Social Work Practitioner to work full-time based in West Sussex, within the Adult Services & Health Community Team.
The pay rate for this locum Senior Social Work Practitioner role is £32 - £35 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.
Duties:
- Work as part of a busy community team providing a service to adults 18 upwards
- Support and deputise for the Team Manager in terms of day to day management of the team and also in terms of developing the team and moving into the future
- Face to face visits
- Visits in people’s homes will be necessary, as well as care homes
Requirements of the Senior Social Work Practitioner:
- Degree in relevant professional or equivalent qualification e.g. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Diploma in Social Work
- Registration with the relevant professional registration body and responsibility for maintaining registration with that body
- Be able to work autonomously and flexibly including some working out of normal office hours
- Already be working at Senior Social Work level of higher and bring these skills and experience to this role
- Demonstrable evidence of providing focused, timely, sound and accurate advice and guidance and working through very complex casework
- Experience of making a significant contribution to delivering and implementing change
- Demonstrable experience of dealing with a wide breath of issues and complex situations and using highly developed analytical skills to provide solution focussed and resource efficient options
- Evidence of good assessment skills, including the ability to ensure regular reviews and risk management with a variety of individuals, carers or families
- Evidence of effectively prioritising work and meeting deadlines
- Experience of effective partnership working with those who access or need the service and maintaining a focus on the needs of the individual whilst handling conflict and disagreement
- Experience of effectively supervising or coaching others
- Experience of maintaining and developing effective working relationships within a multi-agency/multidisciplinary setting with evidence of influencing change
- Evidence of working with those who access or need the service to identify issues and identify specific action by means of creative and pragmatic solutions
- Experience of managing levels of risk within a caseload of complex safeguarding cases
- Completion of relevant post qualifying training
- Valid, full driving licence
- Practice Teachers Award
- Be able to undertake a mixture of working from home and office-based (which is in Horsham County Hall North)
- Be double jabbed against COVID-19 or provide proof of Medical exemption
- Skills/knowledge of supervising staff, leading on safeguarding enquiries and overseeing duty functions of the team
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 Senior Social Work Practitioner job is advertised by Ashley McSheen; 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.
