Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Sensory Services with the Deaf & Deafblind Adults to work full time (Fixed Term Contract 12 Months) based in Surrey.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £40,000 per annum.
Main duties:
- To deliver specialist social work service for people who are Deaf BSL, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind and their family/carers.
- To work in partnership with people and carers to assess needs, identify outcomes and plan support to meet these.
- To be lead contact for partner agencies sharing professional knowledge and expertise in specialist social work advice.
- To provide supervision and line management to a small team including Social Workers and Social Care Assistants.
- To deliver a person-centred, strength-based, service for those who are Deaf BSL, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind and their family/carers, support networks and other professionals.
- To complete and oversee comprehensive specialist assessments (including risk assessments) of needs, planning towards a person’s identified outcomes.
- To provide support that develops and/or maintains communication, safety and promotes independence.
- To assist in the explanation of the charging policy, including gathering information to calculate contributions or payment.
- To provide appropriate information, advice, and support in relation to a person’s deafness, and how this is affecting their life direct to the person, their family/carers and to professional partners.
- To coordinate, review and allocate referrals across the support team.
- Prevent, detect, and respond to safeguarding concerns, implementing safeguarding policies and procedures for people who may be/are at risk.
- To provide regular supervision to a social worker and social care assistants.
- To support the team development through shared learning, reflection practice, and continuous professional development (CPD) delivering best practice.
- Ensure appropriate and timely record keeping enabling effective communication and professional accountability.
- Contribute towards monitoring and evaluation, including both quantitative and qualitative data collection.
- The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and may be subject to change. The post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
Requirements of this Social Worker Job.
- Degree or equivalent in Social Work.
- Registered as Social Worker.
- Understanding of the SW legislation.
- Ability to relate professionally with the children and families.
Contact:
This 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.
