Social Worker - Community Social Work

Location Ilford
Job type Permanent
Salary £37,418 - 45,869 per year
Reference 173961

 

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Community Social Work Team to work full time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £45,869 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Under clear supervision, carry a caseload and undertake a range of children and families and safeguarding assessments deemed to be suitable for allocation to a newly qualified social worker.
  • To undertake assessments in accordance with central government and local guidelines and where appropriate prepare and present and implement plans for work with children and their families based on such assessments.
  • To support children and their families so that children will be maintained in a safe environment within the family network.
  • To be accountable for their practice and involve individual, families, carers, groups and communities in decision making, offering them choices, options and linking them to support groups and networks.
  • Commission a range of services designed to minimise risks and improve quality of life for service users and their carers.
  • To help individuals, families, carers, groups and communities represent their views in all meetings affecting them and work effectively with others to improve services offered to them.
  • To have knowledge of services relevant to individuals, families, carers, groups and communities (not just those offered by their organization) and how to access other relevant services.
  • To work with children and their family to ensure where appropriate a re-unification, where short term separation has been necessary.
  • To support children who are looked after by this authority. Formulate, prepare and implement appropriate care plans in line with C.L.A. procedures.
  • To prepare and present range of reports including reports for Court, Child Care Reviews, C.P. Conferences and planning meetings.
  • Participate in programmes of training and associated work experience for social work progression.

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Team Manager 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.

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.