Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in Northampton, within the Duty & Assessment Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services and be registered with the HCPC.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is £29,165 - £34,277 per annum.
Our Duty and Assessment service is the single point of contact for all safeguarding concerns relating to children and young people in Northamptonshire.
Professionals from a range of services that have contact with children, young people, their families and carers, collaborate to ensure immediate and prompt responses. Their combined knowledge and expertise keep children and young people in Northamptonshire safe from harm.
With a rotating duty element, we work at pace and to tight deadlines, completing robust short-term quality assessments of need, ensuring the right service provision is in place and that the child's voice is evident throughout.
We value our staff and are working to stabilise our permanent workforce and to improve practice. To help us achieve this we have an additional experienced team with us for 26 weeks to support with reducing workloads and implementing positive change.
We have a range of opportunities for experienced social workers who will positively contribute to the development of this evolving service.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current HCPC registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
- Must be passionate about supporting and advocating for young people to ensure they reach their goals and have the best possible futures
Benefits of the Social Worker:
- The opportunity to personally contribute to improving the service
- Opportunities to develop your career and move into the role of consultant social worker or team manager
- Support and training from our consultant practitioners
- Monthly high quality supervision
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rises with service) and the opportunity to buy back up to 5 weeks of additional holiday each year
- Subsidised pension scheme
- Additional 12 weeks of maternity leave at 50%
- Employee discount schemes
- Lease car scheme
- Up to £8,000 relocation payment
- Signs of Safety training
- £4,000 recruitment bonus (paid in 2 equal instalments in month 1 and month 6)
- An onsite academy delivering a variety of learning & development opportunities
- There is free parking at Delapre Golf Centre for the Criminal Justice Centre and Parking in areas of Northampton is £3.50 per day
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Amanda Hubert; 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.
