Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a job based in Strood for a Special Guardianship SupportSocial Worker to work within the Connected Carers Team.
The salary for this permanent Special Guardianship Support Social Worker job is £40,928 per annum.
Duties:
- Contribute to the delivery of a highly effective Children’s Social Care Service, taking responsibility for working and managing a caseload within a framework of appropriate supervision
- Work with Special Guardians, connected carers and children placed in connected carer arrangements, assessing their support needs, providing support as appropriate, and making ASF applications to deliver specialist therapeutic support
Requirements of the Special Guardianship Support Social Worker:
- A recognised professional Social Work Qualification
- Current Social Work England registration
- Be competent in all areas of the PCF at Social Worker level and The Knowledge and Skills Statement (KSS) for approved child and family practitioners
- Fully understand and be aware of the commitment to the duty under Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to prevent crime and disorder
- Be a good listener
- Be non-judgemental
- Be consistent and Stable
- Be contactable
- Be honest
- Be Focused
- Be realistic
- Be a good timekeeper
- Be resourceful in your approach
- Be ambitious for young people and promote others to share the same drive
- Successful completion of ASYE year together with post qualifying experience of working with children and families
- Proven experience in the use of ‘Signs of Safety’ or a willingness to be trained
- Demonstrable experience in relationship and strengths-based practice, working collaboratively with children, young people and their families
- Demonstrable experience of undertaking direct work with children and young people
- Demonstrable experience of completing a range of assessments to a high quality, including strong analysis and recommendations
- Demonstrable experience of working within the framework of the Children Act 1989, Special Guardianship Regulations 2005 (as amended by the Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016), Care Planning Regulations 2010, Fostering Regulations 2011, Fostering National Minimum Standards, Special Guardianship Guidance 2017, and other relevant legislation, Statutory Guidance, Standards and Procedures including preparation of court reports and presenting oral evidence
- Ability to use advanced theoretical/ practical/ procedural/ organisational/ policy knowledge across a specialist area
- Knowledge and experience in the application of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards and local policies and procedures
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the application of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models and research findings
- Ability to demonstrate awareness of legislation relating to General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of Information
- Demonstrable ability to build sound, productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other staff
- Demonstrates strong assessment skills and analysis of relevant information and develops multi agency SMART plans to improve outcomes for children and young people using evidence based practice
- Engages effectively with children and families and has experience of using different tools and methodologies to communicate with children and young people
- Demonstrate the ability to develop and sustain effective professional relationships with other professionals and organisations
- Ability to maintain accurate and up to date case records in a timely manner
- Ability to write high quality written reports which are suitable for a variety of professional settings
- Ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information, developing strategies and solutions for the medium and long term
- Ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of audiences
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages as well as an electronic integrated children’s system (eg: MOSAIC or similar)
- Ability to practice effectively and competently with an increasing level of autonomy and independence
Contact:
This Special Guardianship Support Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.
