Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding Hub/MASH Team

Location Sheffield
Job type Contract
Salary £31 per hour
Consultant Giorgio Dimuccio
Call +44 7361 589757
Reference 210068

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 600+ reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Senior Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Sheffield. 

Team/Specialism: Safeguarding Hub/MASH

Pay Rate: £31 per hour (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum, 3-Months

Hours: Full-time 

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Fully online and paperless registration service
  • Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
  • Exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable) and extensive equipment provided.
  • Revalidation/registration renewal based on length of service
  • £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience recruiting to social work roles (public & private sector)
  • Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
  • Access to our online careers hub

Duties:

  • Carrying out Multi Agency Risk Assessments
  • Ensuring timely communication with families on the phone and face to face
  • Analysing historical and current concerns
  • Adhering to relevant timescales
  • Case Recording
  • Provide telephone advise to agency referrers about appropriate actions and outcomes
  • Dealing with Section 47 enquiries to assess risk and need
  • Completing enhanced screening of cases
  • Making informed threshold decisions
  • Provide sign posting for locality services
  • Attending strategy meetings
  • Attending multi agency meetings
  • Ensuring that appropriate pathway is followed for ongoing investigations

Requirements of the Senior Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services

Contact:

This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Giorgio Dimuccio; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this 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.