Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in Wigan, within the Adoption 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 pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £26.88 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.
The work will require some out of hours flexibility and a significant amount of agile working across the Together for Adoption footprint. The hub is in Warrington.
Duties of the Social Worker:
- To ensure that adopted children and their adoptive families who may need support, receive appropriate assessments which identity needs.
- To create, develop and deliver a range of support services. (this may involve some evening and weekend working).
- To work with social workers and other professionals/agencies as appropriate, to ensure delivery of appropriate interventions and support to adopted children, their adoptive families and birth relatives as appropriate.
- To lead the development of responsive adoption support, including therapeutic interventions.
- To provide advice and consultation to social workers, link workers and adoptive families.
- To assist in the delivery of a training programme for staff and adoptive families.
- Experienced in assessments with good written and communication skills
- Knowledge and skills grounded in safeguarding and statutory responsibilities in relation to children and adults.
- To maintain a high level of knowledge in relation to developments within the field of adoption support, and to assist the department in any changes necessary to maintain a high standard of service.
- To assist in the monitoring, evaluation and performance management of adoption support plans, together with the wider service.
- To cooperate fully with external monitoring of the service, including inspections.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's Services
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Vaughan Graham; 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.
