Social Worker - Adolescents & Youth Offending

Location Barking
Job type Permanent
Salary £38945.00 - £44774.00 per annum
Consultant Stefan Garrett
Call +44 7400 310920
Reference HQ00098350_1574672432

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in Barking and Dagenham, London within an Adolescents and Youth Offending Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services and be registered with the HCPC.


About the Role:

  • We recognise the entrenched needs of our community such as neglect, and domestic abuse are increasing and emerging factors such as the risk of exploitation pose a serious threat to our most vulnerable children and young people. We are committed to tackling these challenges head on. We have been chosen to work with experts from the University of Bedfordshire to help embed a contextual safeguarding approach to tackle these issues, alongside our partners across Barking and Dagenham.
  • You will work in an Adolescent and Youth Offending Service, which is a multi-disciplinary team made up of roles such as psychologist, family therapist, CAMHs nurse, YOS practitioners, missing children coordinators. You will report into the Adolescent Social Work Team Manager. The team provides bespoke social work services to children and their families to help safeguard and promote their welfare.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is £38,945-£44,774 per annum.


Duties of the Social Worker:

  • To work with complex adolescents
  • Have a good understanding of their development
  • To have a good understanding of contextual safeguarding and exploitation in adolescent's, missing children and a successful track record of developing good working relationships with partner agencies


Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current HCPC registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
  • A comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on successful applicants including an Enhanced Children's Department of Barring Services check.


Contact:

This 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.