Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Social Worker within the Assessment & Intervention Team to work full time based in Crawley.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £44,865 per annum.
Main duties:
- Act as a professional representative for the service by working with a focus on delivering services to those people who access or need the service, acting with integrity, professionalism, and respect on behalf of the organisation, ensuring at all times that the needs of individuals are paramount.
- To deliver a service and operate in accordance with the appropriate National Occupational Standards for Social Work. Responsible for maintaining appropriate registration with the Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC) and manage a caseload under regular supervisor.
- Prepare for, and work with individuals, families, carers, groups and communities to assess their needs and circumstances, implement a range of therapeutic interventions to support change.
- Participate in a help desk/duty system – effectively analyse, diagnose situation and put into place any immediate response/decision that needs to be made, for example, responding to a Child Protection situation or other emergency; identify the correct pathway for the case and make a timely referral.
- Assess needs, risks and options taking into account legal and other requirements.
- Work effectively in partnership with other staff and voluntary agencies and gain a good understanding of all relevant health, voluntary and private services in the area.
- Report any allegation or suspicions of abuse or potential abuse of a vulnerable person to an immediate manager or supervisor. Contribute to Safeguarding Investigations and child protection planning where appropriate.
- Use professional knowledge to negotiate with and on behalf of those people who access or need the service and with a wide range of providers and other professionals.
- Ensure effective implementation of department policies and procedures in line with statutory responsibilities.
- To develop effective working relationships and communicate effectively with those people who access or need the service, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals in order to deliver the appropriate interventions.
- Support Family Aides/Community Support Workers and sessional worker in providing care and support for vulnerable people and their families as required. Assist in supervision and mentoring of students as appropriate.
- Responsible for the care of, accuracy, confidentiality, security and maintenance of all individuals records and related manual and/or computerized information, including highly sensitive and confidential child protection issues. Maintain accurate records of all work undertaken and produce case reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences including meetings, conferences, court, panels and other agencies.
Requirements of this Social Worker job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Continual professional development.
- Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.
