Senior Forensic Social Worker

Location Berkshire
Job type Permanent
Salary £41,595 per year
Consultant Zehnn Young
Call +44 7723 457338
Reference 216613

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Forensic Social to work Full Time based in Thornford Park, Berkshire for Elysium Healthcare.

The salary for this permanent Senior Forensic Social Worker job is up to £41,595 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Lead the multi-disciplinary teams on non-medical mental capacity issues and best interest decisions.
  • Liaising with external agencies to enable them to fulfil their statutory duties, for example: MAPPA, local Authority Social Services, Police and Probation.
  • Supporting carers and families of detained patients.
  • Working alongside the multi-disciplinary team, you will manage and support a caseload of up to 24 forensic service users with mental health conditions. You will be responsible for assessments, CPA reports, Mental Health Tribunals, Managers Hearings and will be requested junior staff members.
  • As a senior member of the team, you will lead and promote child and adult safeguarding and will empower recovery to encourage service users to engage in their care plans and achieve their goals.
  • Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will be supported regionally and will have access to a variety of training and online courses to support your career development and growth.

Benefits:

  • Annual salary of up to £41,595 (Depending on experience).
  • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
  • Free meals and parking.
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
  • Pension contribution to secure your future.
  • Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
  • Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

Requirements of this Senior Forensic Social Worker role:

  • A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Relevant Social Work experience.

Contact:

This Senior Forensic 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.