Social Worker/Senior Social Worker, Corporate Parenting Team

Location Hillingdon
Job type Permanent
Salary £39,951 - 49,083 per year
Reference 205877

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker/Senior Social Worker job is up to £49,038per annum.

Main duties:

  • Manage a wider, increasingly complex social work caseload including safeguarding, with more autonomy.
  • Demonstrate expertise in one or more areas of social work practice.
  • Provide support for trainees and other employees, including acting as a ‘buddy’ for inductees.
  • Take responsibility for obtaining regular, effective supervision from appropriate Social Worker to ensure effective practice, critical reflection and career development.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding and use of knowledge related to area of practice, including critical awareness of current issues and new evidence-based practice research.
  • Recognise discriminatory practices and appropriately challenge service users, colleagues and senior staff.
  • Be responsible for proactive measures in response to emergency safety and liberty issues.
  • Demonstrate cost-consciousness in the application of available resources.
  • Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework.
  • Manage social work caseload of more complex nature and with high levels of autonomy.
  • Provide expert professional and technical advice to other Social Workers, managers, colleagues and partners.
  • Provide professional supervision of other Social Worker (circa 3-6), supporting caseload management and promoting reflective practice and continuous professional development.
  • Model and help others develop social work professionalism and effective caseload management.
  • Prepare court proceeding reports acting as expert testimony in Care or Private Order proceedings.
  • Participate in team planning and contribute to the delivery of team and service plans.
  • Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework.

Requirements of this Social Worker/Senior Social Worker role:

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

Contact:
This Social Worker/Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.