Social Worker - Child Protection Team

Location Derbyshire
Job type Contract
Salary £27.00 - £32.00 per hour
Reference HQ00107612_1592235462

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, within the Child Protection 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 £27 - £32 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.

Duties:

  • Produce care plans with individuals and ensure their effective implementation.
  • Provide social work with homeless and potentially homeless persons/families.
  • Act as a Duty Officer.
  • Assist in the inductions of newly qualified social work employees.
  • Provide consultation to other social worker staff on a particular specialism.
  • Supervise and assess social worker students or trainees.
  • Record all work undertaken and prepare reports/assessments.
  • Accept responsibility, with the line manager, for reviewing work on caseloads at regular intervals. This would include closure and transfer of cases.
  • Ensure that the quality of service provided to and on behalf of individuals meets agreed quality standards.
  • Maintain effective contacts with all providers of care and other people responsible for relevant community resources.
  • Initiating, where necessary, multi-disciplinary meetings for the coordination of complex care arrangements including safeguarding.
  • Undertake financial assessment role, where required.
  • Seek to ensure income maximisation for people.
  • Understand and comply with all County Council policies and relevant legislation in the performance of the duties of the post.

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 Kaselle Lee; 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.