Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Children with Disabilities Team to work full time based in Bury, Greater Manchester.
Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
Working Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £33,024 - £35,745 per annum
The Council is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the well-being of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees to uphold this dedication. Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check via the Disclosure and Barring Service at the appropriate level.
Benefits of the role:
- Convenient Parking: Complimentary car parking pass
- Professional Fee Coverage: Reimbursement of your Social Work England registration fees.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible and adaptable working arrangements to encourage and help you to fulfil a healthy work-life balance
- Educational Incentives: Receive a reward of up to £1000 upon successful completion of the practice educator program for social work students
- Training and Development: Access to extensive training programs
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Exclusive discounts on gym memberships and access to salary sacrifice schemes
- Generous Leave Policy: Attractive annual leave allowance with the benefit of Greater Manchester Combined Authority continuous service commitment.
- Financial Security: Participation in a highly competitive local government pension scheme.
- Wellbeing Support: Comprehensive employee wellbeing support services.
Main Duties as a Social Worker:
- Professional Social Work Services: Provide support and intervention to children and families in need.
- Child Protection Assessments: Conduct enquiries and evaluations for children at risk of significant harm and seek legal orders for their protection.
- Collaborative Practice: Engage with service users in various environments, including their homes, offices, and other appropriate settings.
- Report Preparation: Develop professional grade written reports for various settings, including court proceedings.
- Court Representation: Represent the Local Authority in court, providing verbal and written evidence and justifying Local Authority actions.
- Record Maintenance: Keep client records in line with statutory and departmental requirements.
- Meeting Participation: Attend and contribute to child protection conferences, statutory reviews, core groups, and department meetings.
- Case Transfer Representation: Act on behalf of the Local Authority during case transfers between authorities.
- Plan Development: Assist in creating and implementing plans for children in need, including child protection, looked after children, and family support plans.
- Team Collaboration: Support the development and maintenance of an effective social work team, participating in team meetings and providing cover for colleagues as needed.
- Direct Service User Engagement: Utilise a broad range of social work knowledge, skills, methods, and techniques in direct work with service users.
- Professional Cooperation: Work jointly with other social workers and professionals, as directed by management.
- Administrative Duties: Manage all administrative tasks related to social work responsibilities.
- Service Planning and Monitoring: Provide information for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of services for departmental and official purposes.
- Network Collaboration: Work effectively within established professional and family networks for individual children in need and their families.
- Compliance: Adhere to departmental, council, and government policies and procedures.
- Supervision Participation: Engage in departmental supervision schemes, following plans and undertakings agreed upon during supervision.
- Meeting Chairing: Chair meetings within child protection procedures when approved by the Team Manager.
- Client Advocacy: Advocate for clients with other local authority departments and private or voluntary agencies, ensuring no conflict with the local authority role.
- Duty Rota Participation: Participate in the Social Work duty rota within the team.
- Safeguarding Commitment: Uphold the responsibility of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, ensuring their protection from harm.
Key Requirements for this role:
- Possess a degree in Social Work (such as CQSW, CSS, DiPSW, or an equivalent qualification).
- Must be registered with Social Work England.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Children Act 1989.
- Thorough understanding of the developmental stages of children and adolescents.
- Proven ability to conduct detailed analyses and produce high-quality written reports.
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
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.
