Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Adult Front Door Community Advice & Support Team to work full time based in Wandsworth.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £39,186 - £41,418 per annum.
Main duties:
- Act as the lead professional in statutory cases that require a qualified social worker, including child protection, care proceedings and looked after children cases
- Undertake the full range of social work tasks with children in need and their families assessment, planning, implementation and review (APIR)
- Bring together and co ordinate the team around the child to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to APIR and safeguarding
- Establish and develop collaborative working with allied health and social care practitioners from children’s and adults’ services
- Promote and model e ffective working arrangements with schools, children’s centres and other settings
- Develop a good understanding of evidence based practice and integrate models of best practice into day to day service delivery
- Participate positively in professional supervision and annual appraisal (PrP) review, taking personal responsibility for the quality of practice
- Take part in case/practice audits and contribute to peer audit arrangements as required
- Build professional credibility within the multi profe ssional partnership by achieving practice standards and meeting performance targets consistently; providing accredited practice teaching as required
- Actively contribute to team working, supporting colleagues, covering for colleagues in their absence an d taking part in team meetings and development events
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the Team Improvement Plan
- Understand and integrate into practice the key policies of the Council in relation to social care with children and famil ies, especially multi disciplinary working, integration and whole family approaches
- Develop professional expertise in at least one of the key risk factors affecting the welfare of children; parental alcohol/substance misuse; parental mental health pro blems; domestic abuse; learning difficulties; and homelessness
- Develop an excellent knowledge base of and collaborative working with local preventative and targeted family support services, particularly those provided by the voluntary and community sector
Benefits of the role:
- Payment of Social Work England registration fee
- Performance related salary progression scheme
- 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays (40 paid days in total)
- Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
- Tailored Personal Development Plans
- Amazing training opportunities – including systemic supervision and motivational interviewing training
- Relocation package for experienced social workers moving to London
- We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including, working from home, compressed or term time only, job shares and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 40 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
Requirements of this Senior Social Worker role:
- A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Extensive Experience Working in a Statutory Social Care Setting with Adults.
Contact:
This Senior 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.
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