Sanctuary Personnel, a leading and award-winning recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work as a Personal Advisor in Bexley, within the Leaving Care Team.
The pay rate for this locum Social Worker role is £14 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 1-month contract.
Main Duties:
- To assist young people leaving care following their 18th birthday, to make a successful transition to independent adulthood by ensuring the Pathway Planning process is used.
- To act as the young person’s principle source of contact in matters related to their Pathway Plan.
- To take responsibility for the maintenance and reviewing of Pathway Plans.
- To agree with young people and the local authority revisions to Pathway Plans, including expenditure.
- To monitor progress through direct contact with the young person and the agencies and individuals delivering services.
- To reduce the number of care leavers who are not in education, employment, or training. (NEET), by identifying their EET interest, supporting them in accessing appropriate courses , monitoring their attendance and promoting care leavers accessing work experience, traineeships and apprenticeships within the council.
- To ensure services are coordinated and young people are making us of them.
- To keep informed about a young person’s progress and well-being.
- To keep written records.
- Convene and participate in the preparation and reviewing of Pathway Plans.
- Liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies and individuals who are involved in the provision of services.
- Identify shortfalls in service provision and advocate on behalf of clients.
- Undertake other duties as directed by the Team Manager or the organisation.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work.
- Current Social Work England registration.
- Previous experience within frontline children’s social work.
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Daily payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
- In-house payroll system
- Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Jess Ling; 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.
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.
