Social Worker - Assessment & Child Protection Team

Location Swindon
Job type Permanent
Salary £43,693 per year
Consultant Keir Turnbull
Call +44 7700 161043
Reference 235548

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adult Intermediate Care Team to work full time based in Swindon.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43,693 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Work in partnership with children young people and families/carers and through built relationships, to elicit their needs views and promote participation in decision-making.
  • To undertake assessments in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service in the context of assessing risk and harm to children and young people.
  • Plan, implement and review a range of interventions for children, young people and families in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards policy and procedures for the service.
  • Manage a workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties.
  • Maintain accurate and timely recording confidentially in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures regarding information sharing, produce succinct, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements of all information and activity and case notes onto relevant IT systems in accordance with operational practice standards.
  • Contribute to multi-disciplinary working with health, police and other colleagues working collaboratively to ensure effective communication/information sharing and to support decision making processes where required.
  • Fully engage and prepare for own supervision and appraisal through self-evaluation, ensuring that continual professional development is evidenced.
  • Contribute to the effective working of the team with a positive attitude by sharing knowledge, offering advice and support.
  • Swindon Borough Council have teams in various locations across the town. You could be asked to work from a different team if the business requires you to do so.

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 Keir Turnbull; 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.