Social Worker – MASH Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the MASH Team to work Full Time based in Slough.

The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £42,248 per annum, plus £1,000 retention payment.

Main duties:

• Provide professional leadership, specialist social work practice skills and knowledge to make independent decisions and support situations, in which risk of significant harm, ambiguity or complexity is greatest.
• Through the intervention of assessment, identify and respond to needs, build on strengths, ensuring that analysis is robust and leads to clear outcomes that can be met through appropriate SMART plans.
• Demonstrate good analytical, interviewing and observational skills, to ensure the voice of the child is heard and is used to inform all assessments, decision making and interventions.
• Using our practice methods, engage with children, young people, and their families to develop effective empowering working relationships which facilitate change and improve outcomes for children and young people.
• To ensure legislation and statutory guidance is adhered to and challenge decisions where appropriate.
• To act as lead professional and ensure all matters in respect of safeguarding are dealt with promptly, effectively and in line with child protection procedures and escalated as necessary.
• To demonstrate sound written skills through the provision of coherent, analytical and evidence-based reports and plans for a variety of forums, including court, which are child focussed and reflect the impact of the child’s lived experience.
• Work in partnership with children, young people and their families to ensure that all interventions are proportionate and timely, that people are protected from harm, and that their human rights are promoted.
• To contribute to the development of integrated services and policy and to promote new ways of developing service user care, taking account of national initiatives and practice standards.
• Share knowledge and expertise with peers to support the development of a confident and skilled workforce.
• Keep and maintain accurate service user records, in line with professional requirements and departmental recording methods.
• Carry out duties in a timely and responsive manner, in line with Social Work England Professional Standards, the Professional Capability Framework and Cambridgeshire’s County Council’s values.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.