Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker/Experienced Social Worker within the Permanence Team to work full time based in Bedford.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £50,553 per annum.
Main duties:
- Work in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers and, through building effective relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making. Communicate skilfully and confidently in complex or high risk situations, applying an understanding of the benefits and limitations of partnership work.
- Undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy, and procedures for the service. Anticipate, assess and manage risk to children and young people in more complex situations and produce high quality assessments.
- Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people, families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service.
- Manage a complex workload independently, establishing a network of internal and external colleagues from whom to seek advice and expertise. Model and help other with effective workload management skills.
- Make pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development and to meet the objectives of Professional Development Reviews.
- Maintain accurate, up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures. Produce sufficient, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements.
- Pro-actively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people, families/carers in order to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people.
- Play a leading role in practice development within the team, through mentoring and modelling good practice in assessment, interventions and inter-professional and inter-agency work.
- Meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework, Experienced Social Worker level, and of registration with the HCPC in respect of practice standards, conduct and professional development.
Requirements of this Social Worker job:
- A Social Work Degree or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Social Work England registered.
- Good written and Verbal communication skills.
- Good timekeeping skills.
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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.
