Social Worker - Early Permanence

Location Hereford
Job type Contract
Salary £30.57 - 30.57 per hour
Consultant Lauren Minter
Call +44 7458 159449
Reference 214910

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Hereford.

Team/Specialism: Early Permanence

Pay Rate: £30.57 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
  • Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
  • Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Social Work roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
  • Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
  • Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend that works in Social Work and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
  • Professional Development: Working as a locum in Social Work provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

Main duties:

  • Responsible for supporting social workers to identify suitable adoptive families with the appropriate therapeutic skills to meet the individual needs of Herefordshire children with care plans of adoption, now and across their life course.
  • Work closely with Child ADM, prospective adopters and their social workers, the children’s teams and fostering, and support the whole service with drop-in sessions and advice on all matters relating to adoption.
  • Offer guidance in relation to maintaining relationships with birth family post adoption, we diarise timelines to reduce drift or delay for children, and complete adoption matching panel paperwork.
  • Support children’s social workers through the adoption process from start to finish and mentor newly qualified workers, and those inexperienced in the field of adoption. We create bespoke transition plans for children, facilitate and chair a number of meetings for prospective adopters with professionals and manage all matching tasks to ensure children do not spend a day longer in care than necessary.
  • Work out of hours to oversee transition plans with daily check ins to ensure we continue to meet the needs of the child at every stage.
  • Responsible for collating all pertinent information on Mosaic to produce adoption data and have had positive feedback from Ofsted and partners about the quality of work we do and the impact upon children in achieving permanence.

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services
  • You will need excellent communication skills as you coordinate the team around the child.

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Lauren Minter; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

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.