Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Young Adults & Disability Social Care Team to work Full Time based in Cambridgeshire.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £45,987 per annum.
Main duties:
- To provide professional leadership in situations which have slightly complex case arrangements for assessment and support planning in situations which involve risk, complexity and safety of the service user and others.
- To provide written and verbal reports which are concise, informative, and based on analysis of complex evidence.
- Complete support planning with service users to ensure that outcomes identified at assessment are met through the provision of support, equipment, adaptations and enabling programmes.
- Lead guide and direct team members to ensure work plans are in place and accountability taken by each team member for the cases held.
- To provide written and verbal reports, appropriate for courts and other legal purposes, which are concise, informative, and based on complex evidence to support problem solving and resolution.
- To take professional lead on adult safeguarding investigations and provide expert knowledge of safeguarding processes, policy and case law.
- Case manage and undertake proportionate assessment and effective risk management of complex situations, understanding when to take positive risks as appropriate.
- To contribute to the development of integrated services and policy and to promote new ways of developing service user care, taking account of national initiatives and performance indicators.
- Work in partnership with other organisations at a strategic level to achieve positive outcomes for service users and carers.
- Maintain and update knowledge regarding social policy and social work practice and be fully informed of organisational policy and procedures and relevant legislation, acting as a resource of the team and helping to develop others.
- To take a key role in promoting and developing service user empowerment and recognise diversity and anti-discriminatory practice in all professional practice in the team.
- Keep and maintain accurate service user records, in line with professional requirements and departmental recording methods.
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 inuilding 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.
