Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker to work full time based in the Children in Need Team, in Bury St Edmunds.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £42,380
Main Duties:
- To work alongside children, young people, parents and families where there are early signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues to bring about sustainable improvement
- Where required by role, take responsibility for managing cases and holding appropriate levels of risk, overseeing the input of support workers where involved
- Work within the service guidelines, statutory guidance and legal frameworks
- To respond to needs identified with the family by identifying and delivering evidence-based interventions as required
- To work with families with complex problems where statutory intervention is required under the guidance of senior Social Worker, Lead Professional or Health Colleagues as appropriate
- Engage in individual and group supervision with managers and practice leads
- Where the role requires, to mentor and/or supervise junior colleagues or students and facilitate individual and group supervision with team members
- To maintain up to date records and data using electronic devices and systems as directed and to provide reports as required
- To contribute to ensuring successful completion of Quality Assurance processes within team
- To provide information and signposting for children, young people and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate
- Use signs of safety principles, disciplines and tools
- Where required, to participate in CAF, multi-agency assessment, Statutory Assessment and other relevant assessment processes
Requirements of this job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent
- Understanding of relevant legislation
- Continual professional development
- Social Work England registered
Contact:
This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from social workers, senior social worker, advanced practitioners, senior practitioners, team managers, and service managers.
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.
