Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time within a Looked After Children's Team based in Brent. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.
The salary for this Permanent Social Worker job is £39,209 - £46,067 per annum.
Role Purpose:
- Provide an excellent social work service which will enable our children and young people to fulfil their potential and achieve positive outcomes.
- Ensure that the voice of the child is always heard and that the views of our young people are at the heart of all of our case planning.
- Creating genuine partnerships with parents or carers.
Main Duties:
- Provide a high quality social work service for children and families in line with statutory requirements and departmental policies and procedures.
- Provide high quality child and family assessments in relation to children in need, those who require protection or those who are 'looked after' by the local authority.
- Prepare reports under supervision of practice assessors and/or qualified social workers to courts to attend court hearings when necessary.
- Hold a maximum caseload of 20 cases. To provide effective case plans for all children on your caseload and amend these when necessary.
- Regularly monitor and review the progress of young people.
- Keep up to date and accurate records using the appropriate information technology.
- Produce high quality written and verbal reports to a range of professional and legal forums.
- Make professional decisions which comply with departmental policies and procedures and contribute to the priorities framework.
- Participate in supervision, team meetings and the duty system within your team.
- Respond in a clear and courteous manner to enquiries from the public and other agencies by telephone, correspondence or in face to face meetings.
- Liaise effectively with relevant external agencies e.g. police, health authority etc and with relevant colleagues in other divisions and council departments.
- Understand and actively implement the council's Equal Opportunities Policy in professional practice and service delivery.
Benefits:
- £5,000 golden hello and relocation packages (for hard to recruit to roles)
- £1,200 annual retention payment for all social work qualified staff.
- Brand new 1 and 2-bed Key Worker Housing apartments available on a submarket rental basis, for permanent social workers from early 2021. These are on the Wembley Park site, just a 5-minute walk from the Brent Civic Centre.
- The apartments will provide social workers and other key workers with a wonderful opportunity to live in a new development close to lots of shops, restaurants and leisure opportunities.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's Services
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Conor Clarke; 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.
