Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company to the private and public sector has a permanent vacancy for a Social Worker to work based in Uxbridge, within the Leaving Care Team.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is £34,884 - £38,883 per annum.
Duties:
- Provide a high-performing social work service to children and families in accordance with departmental policies and procedures and statutory requirements/provide professional leadership to social work colleagues through demonstrating exemplary practice, sharing knowledge and positively managing the interface between practice and education/training
- Maintain professional registration and compliance with council's DBS requirements/maintain confidentiality and compliance with all data protection protocols
- Manage, within a supervised framework, a limited client caseload/manage a wider, increasingly complex social work caseload including safeguarding, with more autonomy/manage social work caseload of more complex nature and with high levels of autonomy
- Accept referrals from Supervisor or Team Manager
- Interview clients and other relevant people
- Assess nature of issues, identify relevant objectives to resolve problems and to take effective action to achieve solutions
- Employ a variety of social work models and techniques in addressing the client's requirements
- Appropriately apply available resources in order to meet the needs of the child
- Recognise own professional limits and seek appropriate advice from Supervisor, Team Manager or other experienced Social Workers where required
- Work collaboratively with other council officers and other agencies such as the police, health workers, voluntary sector organisations and partners
- Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (ASYE level)/demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (Experienced Social Worker level)/demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (Advanced level
- Clearly report and record judgements, decisions and analysis using the appropriate system (Protocol / AIS)
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work/current Social Work England registration
- Experience working with Care Leavers and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children
- Practice Educator Professional Standards
- DBS Check
- Current UK driving license or equivalent
- Access to own vehicle for work purposes
- Ability to write reports to a high standard
- Understanding of Children and Families legal framework and assessment process
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.
