Social Worker - Mental Health Team

Location
Job type Contract
Salary £28.00 - £30.00 per hour
Consultant Ashley McSheen
Call +44 7361 589695
Reference HQ00109451_1596710603

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in West Sussex, within the Mental Health Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Adults' Services and be registered with Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £28 -£30 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.

Duties:

  • Undertaking a duty role which will include screening and allocating new referrals
  • Responding to issues arising from allocated cases when allocated worker is unavailable
  • Liaising with clients, care providers, carers and families
  • Carrying out light touch telephone assessments if required, urgent face to face visits if required
  • Monitoring all duty intake, safeguarding, Social Circumstance Reports, quality assurance for social care assessments and care plans and supervising 2 -3 Social Workers / Resource Officers

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within Adults' Services
  • Experience of working in Mental Health service would be advantageous but not essential.

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Ashley McSheen; 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.