Social Worker - Duty & Assessment Team

Location Northampton
Job type Permanent
Salary £39,961 - 41,949 per year
Consultant Harry Smy
Call +44 333 7000 020
Reference 183551

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 300 reviews has an exciting Permanent opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Northampton.

Team/Specialism: Duty & Assessment

Salary: £39,961 - £41,949 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Benefits:

  • Highly competitive salaries and benefits
  • Welcome Bonus of £4,000
  • Retention bonus payments for established personnel
  • Annual SWE registration costs covered
  • 27 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays, an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service
  • Opportunity to buy back up to 5 weeks of additional holiday each year
  • Subsidised local authority pension scheme
  • Central location with good rail links to London, Luton, Bedford, Kettering, Corby, Leicester and Nottingham
  • Good road links to all surrounding major town
  • Induction Programme
  • Practice Educator Qualification
  • Monthly high-quality supervision
  • Mandatory Signs of Safety training
  • Fantastic Maternity Benefits with an additional 12 weeks of maternity leave at 50%
  • Employee discount scheme offering a range of discounts from travel to shopping
  • Up to £8,000 relocation costs
  • Regular engagement opportunities with CEO and leadership team

Duties:

  • Be part of a MASH Pod of three decision makers (senior social workers), and four MASH officers
  • Provide high quality case work decisions and operational supervision for referral information, making informed decisions in respect of safety of children within 24 hours of the referral
  • Work collaboratively with our MASH partners and the child's voice will be evident through your work

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Be a qualified Social Worker, with Social Work England registration, and have proven experience of working in a 'Front Door' service
  • Be committed to driving improved services forward, and deliver positive outcomes for our children, young people and families in collaboration with external partners
  • The ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role
  • Enhanced DBS clearance and SWE registration required

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 any experienced Social Work candidate with experience as a Newly Qualified, Social Worker, Practitioner, Assistant Team Manager, Team Manager, Head of Service or Director.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work applicants who meet these requirements for this Permanent 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.