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 Hillingdon.
Team/Specialism: Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub
Salary: £39,564 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Benefits:
- Local government average salary pension scheme
- Free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
- A 36-hour week for all full-time staff
- Generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 25 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 28 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 36 days
- Career breaks
- Flexible working hours
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a Credit Union
- Access to a wide range of training and courses
- Discount on a variety of Adult Education courses run by the Council
- Payment of professional fees where these are required
- Discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
- Cycle purchase scheme
- Car sharing scheme
- 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses
Main Duties:
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding and use of knowledge related to area of practice, including critical awareness of current issues and new evidence-based practice research.
- Recognise discriminatory practices and appropriately challenge service users, colleagues and senior staff.
- Be responsible for proactive measures in response to emergency safety and liberty issues.
- Demonstrate cost-consciousness in the application of available resources.
- Maintain knowledge of current team plan and of own contribution in delivering this.
- Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (Social Work level).
- Use a wide range of evidence sources to inform decision-making.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.
