Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time in Tamworth, Staffordshire - within the Safeguarding 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 £27.53 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.
Duties of the Social Worker:
- Holding and managing a full caseload, prioritising all work in accordance with the Directorate's Policies and Procedures, standing orders, budgets and all relevant legislation.
- Complying at all times with the policy and procedures of Families First (People) in respect of all aspects of work.
- Ensuring that all work is completed within the stated timescales in accordance with both national and local policy.
- Planning, carrying out and monitoring all activities required for individual children and families to ensure that they achieve their assessed outcomes.
- Undertaking regular reviews of individual children's and families' situations and to use the outcome to formulate new arrangements and plans in conjunction with service users and other agencies.
- Maintaining client records in line with Directorate policies and procedures within the framework provided by the Integrated Children's System in relation to recording information about children and families.
- Participating in regular supervision or consultation with the Team Manager and ensuring that they are always made aware of significant issues in respect of children and families.
- Providing high quality and timely assessments and reports in the agreed format for Court's, Child Protection Case Conferences, Statutory Reviews and any other forum as directed by the Team Manager.
- Working in partnership with colleagues within the Directorate and also outside agencies in order to achieve identified outcomes for vulnerable children in their service area.
- Ensuring that work they are responsible for contributes to the achievement of all agreed performance targets at an individual, team and divisional level.
- Participating in the formulation of new initiatives, and policy across the Directorate as appropriate.
- Attending and contributing to training courses as agreed with line management and to ensure personal development is maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Care Professionals Council.
- Supervising and supporting the professional development of social work students and non-social work qualified staff on the team when required.
- Developing good working relationships with other agencies and other colleagues in the Directorate.
- Ensure the County Council's Human Resources policies and procedures are adhered to including attendance management, whistle blowing, bullying and harassment, grievances, capability and disciplinary issues.
- Ensuring that the area of service is underpinned by adherence to the County Councils and statutory equality policies and gives due attention to issues of diversity.
- Develop and maintain effective and positive partnership arrangements with internal and external partners.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade and nature of the post.
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 Kaselle Lee; 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.
