Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker to work full-time within the Initial Response Team based in Bury.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is £33,024 - £41,418 per annum.
Main duties:
- Provide a professional social work service to children in need and their families in accordance with the principles of the Children Act
- Undertake enquiries and assessments of children who are considered to have possible suffered or who may be likely to suffer significant harm. Make applications with the appropriate management and legal advice for Orders to safeguard children under the Children Act
- Work in partnership with service users in a variety of settings including the office, the service user’s own premises and any other suitable setting for social work practice
- Prepare written reports of a professional standard for use in a variety of settings, including Court proceedings.
- Act as a representative of the Local Authority at court, give verbal evidence at Public and Private proceedings and give account of Local Authority actions; provide written evidence for the courts when required.
- Maintain client records in accordance with statutory and departmental requirements.
- Attend child protection conferences, statutory reviews, core groups, department meetings and verbally contribute in a professional manner to the course of the proceedings.
- Represent the Local Authority when cases are being transferred between authorities.
- Contribute to the preparation and implementations of plans for children in need (child protection, looked after children and family support)
- Contribute to the maintenance and development of an efficient and effective social work team, attend and contribute to team meetings in a structured professional manner.
- Provide cover for the Children and Families Social Work Teams and when required.
- Work directly with service users employing a wide range of social work knowledge, skills, methods and techniques.
- Work co-operatively or conjointly with other social workers or other professionals where this is seen to be appropriate by the Fieldwork Team Manager or their managers
- Participate as required in the administration and organisation of all work related to social work duties associated with the post.
- Provide information to assist in the planning, implementation or monitoring of services as required for departmental, Department of Health or other official purposes.
- Work effectively and co-operatively within a professional and family network established in respect of individual children in need and their families.
Requirements of this Social Worker role:
- A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent
- Extensive experience of a Social work post in a statutory or voluntary agency working with children and young people in a field, residential, or family placement setting
- Understanding of relevant legislation
- Registered or eligible for registration
- Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Harry Smy; 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.
