Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Senior Social Work Practitioner within the Team to work Full Time for based in Bury.
The salary for this permanent Social Work Practitioner job is up to £48,474 per annum.
Main duties:
- You will work as part of a strong and dynamic social work service. In this role you will work with colleagues from all our statutory partners, providers and members of the public when reviewing and making vital decisions in relation to Safeguarding Adults.
- The Safeguarding Adults Hub providers the single point of access for all Safeguarding Adults. The referrals and queries that the Safeguarding Adults. The referrals and queries that the Safeguarding Hub responds to cover the full spectrum of life across West Sussex and we are looking for postholders who can bring new skills, knowledge and background to an already diverse team.
- An ability to rapidly risk assess situations and engage with people who may be in crisis is key to the role. You will utilise these skills to develop and implement effective plans of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering better outcomes for people as well as contributing to and developing skills in safeguarding.
- You will manage, and support others to manage, a varied, complex and challenging caseload. You will have a role in improving the practice of unregistered and registered social care practitioners and developing, leading, and championing best practice and professional standards.
- You will advice others and facilitate access to and dissemination of more specialist advice where necessary to further develop capability and professional confidence.
- You will work effectively in collaboration with staff and other agencies and have an excellent understanding of all the relevant health, voluntary and private sector services in the area. You will remain up-to-date and compliant with all relevant legislation and adhere to organisational procedures, policies, and codes of conduct.
- You will apply highly developed and sophisticated knowledge and experience to provide constructive and critical reflection and challenge, influencing others to enhance social work practice.
- You will engage with, inform, and adapt to challenging organisational contexts and contribute to the development of innovations, systems, policies, and procedures that are fit for purpose, support organisational priorities, and enhance best practice that contribute to better outcomes.
- You will be a lead professional, responsible for delivering a social work service to people who access it, to include leading on complex safeguarding enquiries. You will be responsible for leading on one or more specialist areas of service delivery, ensuring that key developments are embedded working with colleagues and teams and that business change is successfully implemented. We are looking for a candidate who will be able to support and deputise for Team Manager in terms of day-to-day management, team development and performance.
- You may be required to travel throughout the county, including to locations that are not always easily accessible by public transport. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.
Requirements of this Social Work Practitioner role:
- A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
- Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.
Contact:
This Social Work Practitioner role 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.
