Sanctuary Personnel have an exciting Permanent opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Location.
Team/Specialism: Looked After Children
Salary: £52,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, 3-Months - we can offer you working arrangements that will enhance your work-life balance and a generous holiday allowance of 31 days plus bank holidays. We provide parking for staff that are working directly with children and families.
Hours: Full-time
Service priorities are families with very young children; children with complex emotional and behavioural needs; families where there are chronic parenting problems – including drug, alcohol and mental health issues; families where there is domestic violence. The service works with children of all ages, from unborn children to age 18 (where appropriate) and their families. A social worker in this service may hold a caseload which could include children who have a multi-agency child protection plan, pre proceedings under the PLO, care proceedings where the Department is proposing to permanently remove a child from the care of their family and place him/her with long-term foster carers, family members or for adoption; Adolescents showing mental health problems or offending behaviour whose family want them to be placed in care; and families of children with moderate learning difficulties, on the Autistic Spectrum or diagnosed with ADHD.
Staff Benefits:
- Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme
- Childcare vouchers
- New technology scheme
- Interest-free loans on annual travel cards
- Discounts at many leisure activities, restaurants, shops, and other establishments
- A wide range of developmental opportunities is also offered
Main duties:
- The Service Acts as the lead agency (with the Police) for Child Protection;
- Carries out in-depth assessments of need and risk;
- Supports and helps families in the short term in caring for their children;
- Works with families and other agencies to reduce risk of harm;
- Co-ordinates packages of support for children with complex needs;
- Goes to court when needed to safeguard children
- Makes plans for the care of children who cannot live at home
- You will be responsible for delivering a high-quality and responsive social work service. We'll expect you to act as the lead professional in statutory cases - including child protection, care proceedings, and looked-after children - while undertaking the full range of social work tasks with children in need and their families.
- Work collaboratively with allied health and social care practitioners, bringing together and coordinating the team around the child to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to safeguarding, as well as Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Review (APIR).
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from any experienced Social Work candidate with experience as a Newly Qualified, Social Worker, Practitioner, Assistant Team Manager, Team Manager, Head of Service or Director.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work applicants who meet these requirements for this Permanent Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
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.
