Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adult Prevention Team to work Full Time based in Southend.
The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £43,693 per annum.
Main duties:
- Promote anti-discriminatory practice, social work values and ethics, and demonstrate a commitment to positive risk assessment and evidence-based decision making that seeks to reduce boundaries around risk averse practice and creates greater independence for individuals, enabling them to achieve their desired outcomes.
- Lead through example in your communication style, application of knowledge, demonstrate of professional values, and by adopting a person-centred, strengths-based approach to individual assessments/reviews and the culture within the team.
- Communicate effectively using high-quality written and verbal skills, including prioritising the recording of accurate and timely computerised records and written reports, reporting concerns to managers and external stakeholders as appropriate.
- Participate proactively in case file audits and wider Quality Assurance initiatives and activities, demonstrating a commitment to continuous practice improvement.
- Be part of a team that embraces the process of change, participating in effective and professionally mature team working, utilising your creatively, and stepping up to offer your views and opinions.
- Embrace a culture of active engagement and co-production across the team, local community and wider health and social care system, engaging with people at all levels around integration, and service development and delivery.
- Be willing to use critical thinking and be a co-creator of change within the communities you serve, supporting the transformation of practice towards strengths-based empowerment and asset-based community development that reduces the impact on isolation, loneliness, marginalisation, and disconnection for Southend residents.
- Provide professional support and positive supervision to student/newly qualified social worker and unqualified staff as required within your role.
- Actively participate in and understand the wider transformation agenda and vision of Southend City Council.
Requirements of this Social Worker job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
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.
