Social Worker - Looked After Children Team

Location Ilford
Job type Permanent
Salary £40,833 - 46,041 per year
Reference 188037

 

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Looked After Children Team to work Full Time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £46,041 per annum.

Main duties:

  • To undertake a range of children and families and safeguarding assessments.
  • To undertake assessments in accordance with central government and local guidelines and where appropriate prepare, present and implement plans for work with children and their families based on such assessments.
  • To support children and their families so that children will be maintained in a safe environment within the family network.
  • To initiate where necessary Care Proceedings, attend Court and represent the Local Authority.
  • To support children who are looked after by this authority. Formulate, prepare and implement appropriate care plans in line with C.L.A procedures.
  • To prepare and present a range of reports including reports for Court, Child Care Reviews, C.P. Conferences and planning meetings.
  • Manage workload, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties.
  • Commission a range services designed to minimise risks and improve the wellbeing of service users and their carers.
  • To have knowledge of services relevant to individuals, families, carers, groups and communities (not just those offered by the Council) and how to access other relevant services.
  • Manage workload, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties.
  • Commission a range services designed to minimise risks and improve the wellbeing of service users and their carers.
  • To be accountable for your practice and involve individuals, families, carers, groups and communities in decision making, offering them choices, options and linking them to support groups and networks.
  • To help individuals, families, carers, groups and communities represent their views in all meetings effecting them and work effectively with others to improve services offered to them.
  • To have particular regard to all safeguarding issues and to ensure that they are raised appropriately through professional and managerial channels.
  • Recognise discriminatory practices and develop a range of approaches to appropriately challenge service users, colleagues and senior managers.
  • Enable and support people to consider and pursue a range of options that may enhance economic status (through access to education, work, housing, health services and welfare benefits) and wellbeing.

Requirements of this Social Worker Job.

  • Degree or equivalent in Social Work.
  • Current Social Work England Registration.
  • Experience within Children’s/Adults 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.