Are you an experienced Social Worker looking for an opportunity to truly transform lives? Look no further! At Sanctuary Personnel, we understand the immense impact you can make, and we are here to support you every step of the way. As a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 600+ reviews, we believe in the power of personal connections. We are seeking Social Workers with UK experience to join our team and embark on a fulfilling journey with us. Let's connect and explore the incredible possibilities that lie ahead for you.
Location: Maidstone
Team/Specialism: Adult Community
Pay Rate: £35 - £38 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time
Why work with us?
- Personalized Support: At Sanctuary Personnel, we believe in building strong relationships. Connect with us and benefit from your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience in recruiting social work roles in both the public and private sectors. We provide tailored guidance to ensure your success.
- Exclusive Benefits: Join us and enjoy a range of exclusive benefits that enhance your professional journey. We offer a fully online and paperless registration service, free DBS and compliance service, and access to paid mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable). Additionally, we provide exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working options, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable), and extensive equipment provided.
- Career Development: We prioritize your growth and revalidation/registration renewal based on your length of service. We also offer a £250 refer-a-friend bonus once your referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped - T&Cs apply) and a find your own job bonus of £250 for bringing your own position to us. Access our online career's hub for further development opportunities.
- Smooth Payroll Process: Enjoy the convenience of daily payroll and our reliable in-house payroll system. We ensure timely and hassle-free payments, so you can focus on making a difference.
Duties:
- Work to support adults with care and support needs, their families and carers to make a positive difference every day
- Support people to make informed choices to live as full and safe life as possible
- Work with communities early on to help people feel empowered to find trusted help and support locally from a range of sources
- Work in partnership to ensure support is appropriately coordinated and communication is effective between agencies and other parties
- Work closely with service providers and other agencies to support the people we support working towards their independence and wellbeing goals and outcomes
- Deliver high-quality, person-centred care and support
- Identify what is important to the people we support, and how they can live a life they want to live
- Being involved in people’s lives in the least intrusive way – and always in their best interests
- Take a holistic ‘whole family approach’ to ensure that the person’s needs are met and identify how their care and support impacts family members or others in their support network
- Facilitate conversations with people we support, their families and their carers based on what matters most to them
- Support people, their carers, family members, or others in their support network, to build and maintain community links, and to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible
- Build and develop relationships with wider partners to conduct person-centred reviews, including annual statutory reviews, of the people we support’s care and support plans, and work together to enable people to achieve their personal outcomes
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or Diploma level qualification in a relevant field (or equivalent)
- Registered practitioner in Social Work
- Up to date registration with Social Work England
- Be flexible and adaptable in supporting people, their families and carers by using skills and expertise/training to undertake specialist work by working with people in another locality if required and by working with managers and colleagues to provide access to the service during its operating hours in order to contribute to the delivery of an effective, accessible and resilient social care service
- Competent to work at the new practitioner level of the Social Care Capabilities Framework for Registered Workers
- Post qualification experience in Social Care, Health related agencies or related private or voluntary organisation, of a magnitude that enables the post holder to have achieved the relevant level of the Capabilities Framework
- Experience of managing and reducing risk and experience completing safeguarding enquiries
- Experience of multi-agency/partnership working
- Experience of Assessment and Care and Support Planning
- Experience in supporting people with medium to high level complex needs
- Good communication and listening skills
- IT skills and effective use of Microsoft Office programs
- Ability to work as part of a team and with staff at all levels (excluding external partners)
- Ability to prioritise, forward plan and work effectively on own initiative as well as part of a team
- Supervision, mediation and negotiation skills
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Ashley McSheen. If you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Please note that while we regretfully can only respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet the specified requirements for this role, we encourage you to explore our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
At Sanctuary Personnel, we value inclusivity and diversity. If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustments 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.
Transform lives and make a difference as a Social Worker with Sanctuary Personnel. Apply now to embark on an exceptional career journey!
