Social Worker - Kinship Team

Location Hillingdon
Job type Permanent
Salary £37,725 - 41,793 per year
Reference 188185

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £48,293per annum.

Main duties:

  • Accepting client cases, as allocated by the manager, in line with the departmental protocols for case allocation and workload management.
  • Working with those clients who are the most vulnerable, or at the most risk and will be expected to have a higher degree of professional autonomy and accountability for their work.
  • Managing your own workload, with support from the manager in a way which: ensures professional best practice and integrity at all times, recognises the individual needs of each child/adult, and the importance of their family/carers.
  • Assessing for and identifying eligible needs, deploying resources which maintain and promote children and young adults welfare/independence that may include, for example, respite/domiciliary care, support to carers or other appropriate services. Reviewing to ensure services remain appropriate to need.
  • Recognising the needs of the child/adult in regards to referrals to other professionals to deliver the required services.
  • To participate in case conferences to share knowledge and give professional advice regarding children/adults.
  • Where agreed with your line manager, to provide guidance and learning opportunities for unqualified staff. This will involve modelling good practice for other team and service staff.
  • To participate in planning for team and individuals which reflect service planning priorities.
  • To identify and suggest any improvements to current ways of working in order to deliver a more efficient and effective service for customers.
  • Complete other reasonable tasks in order to fulfil role purpose or as instructed by management.

Requirements of this Social Worker Job.

  • Degree or equivalent in Social Work.
  • Current Social Work England Registration.
  • Experience within Children’s Services.
  • Full Drivers Licence and have use of a vehicle.

      

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.