Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company to the private and public sector has a permanent vacancy for a Social Worker / Senior Social Worker to work full time based in Hillingdon, within a Children’s with Disabilities Service.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker / Senior Social Worker job is £35,496 - £44,682 per annum (with an additional retention incentive of up to £2,000 per year).
We are looking for experienced, knowledgeable and skilled social workers who are passionate about achieving better outcomes for our children and their families every day and who have children’s rights inscribed in their hearts and children’s aspirations focused in their minds.
Hillingdon social work teams are innovative and exceptionally well run with fantastic leadership, as highlighted by the “Team Leader of the Year Award” at The Social Worker of the Year awards in 2021. As part of the social work service at Hillingdon Council you will deliver vital services with award winning teams in a stimulating and challenging environment.
Hillingdon have significant challenges, particularly with vulnerable children including those being trafficked into the UK. As a port authority they have formed excellent partnerships with colleagues in Border Force, The Home Office as well as specialist Police Teams located at Britain's premier airport including SO15, Counter Terrorism.
Social work in Hillingdon enables practitioners to work alongside key partners to help safeguard children at risk of modern-day slavery, exploitation or who may be vulnerable to radicalisation.
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
Requirements of the Social Worker / Senior Social Worker:
- You will have at least 12 months' postgraduate experience and completed your ASYE, where applicable, together with a recognised a Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
- Prior experience of working in a Children with Disabilities service is desirable along with evidence of your commitment to your own development since qualification.
Contact:
This Social Worker / Senior 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.
