Senior Social Worker - Exploitation/Adolescent Team

Location London
Job type Permanent
Salary £45728.00 - £47681.00 per annum
Consultant Stefan Garrett
Call +44 7400 310920
Reference HQ00106989_1590573151

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Social Worker to work full-time in Barking & Dagenham, within the Exploitation/Adolescent Team. 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 - £47,681 per annum.

This is an exciting time to come and join the newly created Adolescent team, our multidisciplinary response to the range of exploitative situations faced by some of the most vulnerable children in our borough. The team includes social workers, a family therapist, a harmful sexual behaviour specialist, missing children coordinators and is supported by colleagues from Prevent and Safer London.

This team sits alongside the Youth Offending Service to create a joined up targeted response which supports us in having a holistic focus on the young person within a contextual safeguarding environment.

Requirements of the Senior Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's Services
  • We are recruiting a dedicated, passionate, senior social worker who can engage and work well with adolescents. If you want to help improve the life experience of children and families involved in all forms of exploitation, then this job is for you.
  • You will have a sound understanding of their development and need to have a good understanding of contextual safeguarding, exploitation and a successful track record of developing good working relationships with partner agencies.
  • You will have experience of supporting students and newly qualified colleagues and have attained or be willing to undertake the Practice Educator Award

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.