Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in the North East in the Looked after Children Team. 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 pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £38 - £39 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 6-month contract.
Duties:
Ensuring Child Protection procedures adhere too
Working with cases in care proceedings
Undertaking risk assessments
Putting in place multi agency plans for children returning to their families
Devise multi agency child protection plans
Undertake direct work with children
Undertake Life story work with children to address emotional contact needs and to achieve permanency
Attending family group conferences
Keeping up to date case recordings
Report writing
Preparing reports and presenting them to panels
Undertaking Kinship assessments
Preparing Care Plans
Writing court reports and giving evidence in court
Meeting timescales in line with legislation
Carrying out core assessments
Planning and prioritising my caseload
Completing statutory visits
Preparing pathway plans
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 Liam Burgess; 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.