Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker / Senior Social Worker Adoption, to work full time based in Barnsley
The salary for this permanent Social Worker / Senior Social Worker job is up to £44,539
Main Duties:
- Work in partnership with children, young people and families/carers and, through building effective
- Relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making
- Undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy, and procedures for the service and in the context of assessing risk to children and young people
- Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people and families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service
- Manage a workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties
- Make pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development and to meet the objectives of Performance Development Reviews
- Maintain accurate, up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures. Produce succinct, 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 and families/carers in order to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people
- Liaise, negotiate, influence and collaborate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, developing effective relationships, resolving conflicts, promoting the service and gathering information as required
- Meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework, Social Worker level, and of registration with the Health Care Professions Council in respect of practice standards, conduct and professional development
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as requested by management
Requirements of this job:
- Social Work Degree or equivalent (DipSW, CQSW, CSS)
- Social Work England (SWE) Registration
- Knowledge of UK legislation relevant to children and families
- Experience of working with children, young people, and their families
Employee Benefits:
- South Yorkshire Pension Scheme
- Welcome Payment £3,000 (£1,000 on commencement, £1,000 after 18 months and £1,000 after 36 months)
- Sick pay
- Maternity pay
- Paternity Leave
- Additional Annual leave (additional 5 days after 5 years’ service)
- Annual leave purchase scheme (up to 5 days per annum)
- Flexible Hours Scheme (dependent on the needs of the service)
- Flexible Working Opportunities – Flexi, Job Share, Parental Leave
- Special Leave
- Fleet Services Home Electronics – Salary sacrifice scheme (tech products, white goods)
- Discounts and local offers in several Town Centre shops
- Car lease scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car Parking Permit Scheme
- Discounts on gym memberships
- Free Blood Pressure Checks
- Paid Practice Educator roles
- Social Work England professional fees reimbursed
- Regular staff engagement through a fortnightly Children’s Service’s newsletter, Practitioner Forums, Market Place Event
Contact:
This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from social worker, senior social worker, advanced practitioner, senior practitioner, deputy team manager, team manager, service manager, head of service and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.
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.
Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews.
