Supervising Social Worker - Placements Team

Location Vale of Glamorgan
Job type Permanent
Salary £32,909 - 41,496 per year
Consultant Keir Turnbull
Call +44 7700 161043
Reference 189728

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Placements Team to work Full Time based in Vale of Glamorgan.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker  job is up to £41,496 per annum.

Main duties:

  • To provide a consistent and quality service to all service users, families and carers.
  • To work in partnership with service users, families/carers, other professionals and agencies both internally and externally.
  • To promote and represent positively at work of the Directorate with all partner agencies.
  • To undertake service user assessments including assessments of need and assessments of risk, in lien with Directorate and national standards.
  • To be aware of and have an understanding of all relevant legislation, guidance, policy and procedures, good practice guidelines, national standards and the principles of Best Value.
  • To attend all relevant meetings, reviews and court hearings, producing reports, giving evidence verbally and in writing as required, and to, at all times, represent the Directorate in a professional manner.
  • To take responsibility for your own continuous professional development including updating knowledge about the relevant legislation, standards, practice, guidance and research that impacts on the provision of social care services.
  • To assist the Team Manager in meeting the annual performance targets for the team.
  • To assist the Team Manager in ensuring good practice is promoted and enhanced within the team.
  • To adhere to Heath and Safety legislation/relevant Council policies and procedures and to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be adversely affected by your acts/omissions.
  • To undertake out of hours support to foster carers on a rota basis where this is a requirement of the post and team e.g. Placements and Permanency.
  • To undertake any other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade and in accordance with the general character of the job as may reasonably be required by the Director/Head of Service.

Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Keir Turnbull; 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.