Social Worker - Foster...
St Helier
£59,717 - 65,805 per year
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Fostering & Adoption Team to work Full Time based in Jersey. The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £65,805 per annum. Main duties: Plan, organise and be accountable for prompt referral, case co-ordination and implementation of care and protection plans on a day-to-day basis, working with children/young people and their families and carers in one or more social work specialist areas to deliver social services to a range of individuals. Holistically assess individual needs and develop and design care and intervention plans that treat each person as a unique individual, in order to protect, promote and monitor the safety and welfare of children/young people their families and carers. Deliver appropriate, open, accurate and straightforward communication to children/young people, their families and carers, clearly explaining service policies and the professional role and responsibilities of the social work team including ant statutory intervention which may prove necessary. Follow risk assessment policies and procedures, and access specialist professional advice and guidance as necessary, to ensure that potential and actual risk is identified and managed, particularly in relation to those clients who are assessed as being the most vulnerable to risk of harm by self or others. Create and maintain clear and accurate records to ensure that all relevant information is held as required by established procedures and best practice and in line with data protection, confidentiality, disclosure and consent policies. To attend and represent the Children’s Service in a range of multi-agency decision-making and risk management meetings. To take part in complex meetings, which includes, but it is not restricted to, strategy meetings, fostering and adoption panels and core planning meetings. As the lead professional, coordinate multi-agency, child/young people and family and carer involvement to ensure the delivery of improved outcomes of children and young people, which may be directed by the Court. To create, deliver and prepare multi-agency and specialist training to a range of colleagues, stakeholders and carers in response to service needs and/or as part of business as usual. To take part in a rota that provides an Out of Hours social work response as delegated by the Social Work Manager or Head of Service in situations of crisis, requiring an immediate operational response to risk. Requirements of this Social Worker job: A Social Work Qualification or equivalent. Have a good understanding of relevant legislation. Registered or eligible for registration. Benefits: 24 Days Annual Leave. Increasing to 25 Days in 2025. Pension Scheme. Flexible Working. Relocation Benefits. Contact: This 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.
