Senior Social Worker - Assessment & Intervention Team - Worthing

Location Worthing
Job type Permanent
Salary £48,956 - 52,368 per year
Consultant Charlie Reeve
Call +44 74581 63570
Reference 191784

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Assessment & Intervention Team to work full time based in Worthing, West Sussex.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £52,368 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Act as a professional representative for the service by delivering an excellent service to people who access or need the service. Act with integrity and respect, ensuring at all times the needs of the individuals are paramount.
  • Work with a diverse caseload, seeking support where required to meet workload deadlines.
  • Promote excellent standards of social work practice, for children and families using skills in assessment/a range of intervention in order to impact change with the ability to explain and justify decisions.
  • Assess needs, risks and options taking into account legal and County Council requirements.
  • Report any allegation or suspicions of abuse or potential abuse of a vulnerable person to an immediate manager or supervisor. Ensure effective implementation of departmental policies and procedures in line with statutory responsibilities and contribute to development work as required.
  • Build effective relationships based on clear communication and respect with children, young people and families.
  • Work effectively with partner organisations using transparency and honesty to get positive outcomes for children and families.
  • Manage conflicting and competing priorities while remaining resilient when working with children and families with challenging behaviour, who may place significant emotional demands on you as the post holder.
  • Responsible for working flexibly out of office hours to assist customers, carers and families.
  • Responsible and accountable for small expenditures.

Requirements of this Senior Social Worker job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.