Sanctuary Personnel, a forward-thinking and dedicated recruitment agency, is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a full-time, permanent Social Worker position within the Fostering Team, located in West London. This role comes with an annual salary of between £40,000 and £50,000.
Benefits include:
- Pension Scheme: A contributory pension scheme to help secure your financial future.
- Hybrid Working: Flexible working arrangements that allow a mix of remote and office-based work.
- Generous Annual Leave: Ample time off to recharge and pursue personal interests.
- Ongoing Professional Development: Opportunities for training and career advancement.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): Wellbeing support available for both you and your family.
- Supportive Team Environment: Be part of a collaborative and dynamic team of social care professionals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Recruit, assess, and provide comprehensive support to foster carers, ensuring compliance with national fostering standards and regulations.
- Conduct thorough assessments of potential foster carers, making recommendations to the fostering panel.
- Provide ongoing supervision and professional guidance to foster carers, addressing any challenges that may arise.
- Work closely with children’s services, fostering panels, and external agencies to ensure the needs of children are met.
- Actively participate in care planning meetings, reviews, and relevant training sessions.
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date records in accordance with legal and regulatory frameworks.
Requirements for this Social Worker role:
- A recognised degree in Social Work, with current registration with Social Work England.
- Proven experience in fostering, child protection, or a related field.
- Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations.
- Strong communication, assessment, and report-writing skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment.
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.
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