Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Fostering Service Team to work full time based in Swindon.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £40,478 per annum.
Main duties:
- To provide statutory support to with children and families, which includes information and advice, assessment, support planning and safeguarding.
- Comply with legal frameworks for social care in line with personalisation principles, which aim to put individuals, families and communities at the heart of care and wellbeing.
- Work in partnership and liaison with partners, voluntary sector organisations and other to provide coordinated support for individuals and/or families.
- To ensure accurate and timely recording of all information activity onto the social care records database in accordance with work targets set by the Team Manager and Supervisor.
- To have a well-developed understanding of assessment, support planning and the management of risks for individuals and to be able to apply council policy and procedures.
- To ensure that council corporate and service policies and procedures are followed at all times.
- To contribute proactively to the effective working of the team with positive attitude, by sharing knowledge, offering advice and support and by preparedness to be involved in the development of service.
- To fully engage and prepare for own supervision and appraisal through self-evaluation, ensuring that continual professional development is evidenced.
- Manage a allocated caseload.
- Work within Swindon Borough Council’s policies, procedures, and good practice guidelines in order to meet the needs of children and families.
- When working with families recognise monitor and assess risk, escalating issues to managers in a timely manner.
- Wrote assessments and reports as required, and give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
- Participate in planning and reviewing the cases of child protection, children in care and support fostering/adoption arrangements.
- Act as lead professional and lead and monitor multi-agency actions and objectives.
Requirements of this role:
- Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
- Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
- Experience of community and/or group work.
- Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Keir Turnbull; 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.
