Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Experienced Social Worker within the Adult Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Swindon.
The salary for this permanent Experienced Social Worker job is up to £45,459 per annum.
Main duties:
- To undertake complex person-centred assessments (including assessments of mental capacity where appropriate) with individuals and to plan for the provision of support and/or services with individuals in order to assist them meet their outcomes and to live as independently as possible.
- To support carers to continue in their role in complex situations.
- To ensure accurate and timely recording of all information and actively onto the social care records database in accordance with work targets set by the Team Manager and Supervisor.
- To gather sufficient information about individuals in order to assess their needs against eligibility criteria.
- To have advanced skills and knowledge in assessment, support planning and the management of risks for individuals and to be able to apply Council Policy and support individuals to manage risk appropriately.
- To advise, guide and support colleagues to meet legal, procedure and practice requirements.
- To represent the council in multi-disciplinary working with health, police and other colleagues, working collaboratively to ensure effective communication/information sharing and to support decision making processes.
- To write reports for court hearings and to present evidence in court, including Court of Protection and High Court.
- To ensure that Council corporate and departmental policies and procedures are followed at all time.
- To fully engage and prepare for own supervision and appraisal through self-evaluations, ensuring that continual professional development is evidenced.
- To provide statutory support to adults with care and support needs and their carers/families, which includes information and advice, assessment, support planning and safeguarding.
- Working with older people with short and long term and complex needs providing care and support to enable people to be as independent as possible. This could include people with Learning Disabilties, Autism, physical and Mental Health disabilities.
- To work in partnership and liaison with partners including primary, secondary and tertiary health care and with voluntary sector organisations.
- When working with families recognise monitor and assess risk. To ensure information about risk is escalated to managers in a timely manner.
Requirements of this role:
- Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
- Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
- Experience of community and/or group work.
- Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.
Contact:
This Experienced Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; 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.
