Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Assessment & Intervention Team to work full time based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £52,116 per annum.
Main duties:
- Act as a lead senior professional representative for the service by working with a focus on ensuring the effective delivery of services to those people who access or need the service, acting with integrity, professionalism, and respect on behalf of the organisation, ensuring at all times that the needs of individuals and the business are paramount.
- Manage and advise on complex cases within specialist area including: working alongside many other agencies, dealing with complex family dynamics, safeguarding, managing complex risk levels and dealing with legal issues. This will include effectively leading on the most efficient use of resources to produce the appropriate outcomes.
- Deliver an effective service and operate in accordance with the appropriate National Occupational Standards for Social Work and the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Act on any allegation or suspicions of abuse or potential abuse of a vulnerable person. Follow County Council procedures and contribute and lead on Safeguarding Investigations and child protection planning where appropriate. Ensure the accurate and timely reporting of issues and ensure correct procedures are followed.
- Chair a range of meetings, offer expert support to case conference and produce high quality assessments and reports for a range of functions to ensure that the identified social care needs of children, young people and their families are met effectively and within available resources.
- Contribute to the regular monitoring and review of services established to facilitate service improvement. Lead on initiatives and development work as required. Represent the service at events and meetings with external agencies, making commitments as directed and agreed.
- Develop effective working relationships and communicate effectively with those people who access or need the service, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals in order to deliver the appropriate interventions and service delivery.
- Use professional knowledge on more complex cases to negotiate with and on behalf of those people who access or need the service and with a wide range of providers and other professionals. Lead decision making on behalf of junior colleagues and advise them on how to proceed.
- Professionally supervise, co-work, advice and mentor less experienced or non-professionally qualified staff on casework and provision of care services, making sure that staff act in accordance with procedures and good practice, assisting in the development of staff and in the timely provision of services.
- Take responsibility for own development using relevant practice research, legislation, peer/user feedback and participate supervision and appraisal processes to facilitate social work progression. Prepare for, attend, contribute and participate fully in personal supervision.
- Ensure effective implement of department policies and procedures in line with statutory responsibilities, Suggest reviews for policy developments and when appropriate contribute to reviews of policies and procedures.
- Maintain accurate records of all work undertaken and produce case reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences including meetings, conferences, court, panels and other agencies. Monitor colleagues, record keeping as part of informal supervision.
- Responsible for proposing complex interventions taking into consideration both the needs of the individual and the effective use of resources.
- Responsible for care of, accuracy, confidentiality, security and maintenance of all individuals records and related manual and/or computerised information, including highly sensitive and confidential adult/child protection issues.
Requirements of this Senior Social Worker 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 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.
