Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in a Looked After Children's Team and Leaving Care Team in Tower Hamlets. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services and be registered with the HCPC.
The pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £32.00 per hour (LTD Company Equivalent) and is an initial 3-month contract.
Duties:
Children Looked After Team
- To work in a multi-disciplinary context to safeguard and provide a high-quality corporate parenting service for children looked after, to maximise their life chances.
- Undertake a range of assessments, intervention and review for and with children looked after and their families; inclusive of statutory duties, court work, permanency planning, advising on contact and matching, undertaking direct work and pathway planning.
- Improve outcomes for children in terms of their safety, health, education, social and emotional well-being.
- Visit, listen and meet the holistic needs of children and young people looked after in partnership with their carers.
Leaving Care Team
- Provision of Leaving Care Support Services, undertaking pathway assessment and planning process, including education, training, employment, accommodation, health, personal support, family and social relationships, practical skills and financial assistance.
- Working with individual service users to provide advice, assistance and support and other forms of personal assistance with the aim of enhancing or protecting or protecting individual welfare.
- To contribute as a corporate parent to listen and support children looked after and care leavers to develop into resilient, successful individuals.
- Provision of high quality and timely care for all care leavers so they can form healthy relationships and have a sense of achievement and purpose.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
Degree or equivalent in social work
Current HCPC registration
Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Jess Ling; 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.
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.
