Senior Social Worker - Adolescents & Exploitation Team

Location Dagenham
Job type Permanent
Salary £46,041 - 49,083 per year
Reference 203725

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Adolescents & Exploitation Team to work Full Time based in Barking.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £49,083per annum.

Main duties:

  • To act as a senior specialist member of a social work unit providing effective outstanding or excellent social work services to children and their families, with the purpose of safeguarding and promoting their welfare.
  • To hold a caseload of complex children deemed to be at high risk of significant harm through a range of exploitative situations. The Senior worker will be expected to demonstrate the ability to record to a high standards capturing the voice of the child, show evidence of analysis and reflection throughout.
  • To act as lead practice educator for the social work unit by providing support and advice and offer shadowing opportunities to Student Social Workers, Newly Qualified Social Workers subject to Assessed and Supported Year in Employment and missing children coordinators. To share specialist social work knowledge and research across the social work unit.
  • To ensure the provision of a comprehensive induction for all new staff.
  • To ensure that services are efficiently and effectively provided, liaising as necessary with other Council Divisions, Health, Education, Police, voluntary and independent sector providers.
  • Working within the London Child Protection procedures to undertake key work responsibilities for children subject to a child protection plan.
  • To work collaboratively with other Council Divisions, Statutory Agencies including health, Education and Police, and other independent and voluntary service providers.
  • Formulating and progressing care plans in line with national and local procedures.
  • Ensuring that the health and education needs of all children in care are met in accordance with National Standards.
  • Ensuring that all procedural requirements with respect to reviewing, consultation and recording are adhered to.
  • To maintain performance standards in line with Divisional expectations and national guidance, and to alert the Team Manager of any concerns in relation to staff performance.
  • To support the development of relational practice across children’s social care divisions.

Requirements of this Senior Social Worker role:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.