Sanctuary Social Care has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Senior Social Worker to work full-time within a Corporate Parenting Team based in Barking & Dagenham. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is £45,728 - £47,861 per annum.
We offer a competitive pay package, £2.5k recruitment and retention allowance, generous pension, annual leave up to 30 days, investment in your learning and development as well as a commitment to your wellbeing.
Summary:
- The post holder will supervise and support newly qualified and student social workers as well as missing children coordinators who work with children and young people that have been victims of or are at risk from a range of exploitative situations.
- You will be responsible for undertaking complex assessments and managing a small caseload alongside your supervisory responsibilities.
- You will report into the Adolescent Team manager and will have a passion for working with complex and often resistant adolescents but be rewarded by being part of a very supportive and dynamic team.
- Within Children's Care and Support, we are committed to putting the heart back into social work, supported by our relational practice model, to ensure the child's lived experience takes centre stage.
- We have worked hard to support our staff through our extensive training and development programme, offer promotional opportunities and have seen our rates of agency social workers reduce greatly as a result of this.
Requirements of the Senior Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Post qualifying experience working as a social worker
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.
