Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Contact Advice & Assessment (Front Door) Team to work Full Time for West Berkshire.
The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £51,708 per annum.
Main duties:
- To work in partnership with families, relatives and other professionals in relation to safely managing risk with string emphasis on relationship-based practice in a way which recognises and builds on their strengths and keeps families together.
- To ensure the highest of professional standards and good overall knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation and practice methods.
- Using professional knowledge and skills to assess risk and social care needs of children and their families within the relevant statutory frameworks.
- Effective caseload management that demonstrates clarity of assessment, professional curiosity, reliability of information to evidence analysis and recommendations for realistic action plans.
- To proactively liaise with and work in partnership other agencies and organisations, parents and carers. To promote the involvement of young service users and families in service development.
- Ensure timely and accurate recording which captures the child’s voice and views, wishes and feelings of those caring and supporting them. To use ICT to maintain accurate case records, and be able to report on key performance management data.
- Responsibility for monitoring, reviewing and assessing the progress of a child’s plan to ensure its effectiveness and to take appropriate action to avoid drift and delay.
- To ensure that all case management complies with the statutory requirements and the Council’s policies and procedures.
- Ensure high quality, timely preparation and submission of written reports, including statements and care plans for care proceedings and preparation for giving evidence in court.
- To ensure through case and reflective supervision, that the supervisor and Team Manager is kept fully appraised of progress of plans for children, issues arising from workload and seek advice as and when necessary.
- Be part of the duty rota for the team, responding to queries and issues.
- To attend conferences, reviews and court as required for each case presenting with professionalism and integrity.
- Promote equality as an integral part of the role, treating everyone with fairness and dignity. Commitment to recognise unconscious bias and practice in an anti-oppressive manner.
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 Alex Moon; 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.
