Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Supervising Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Totnes.
Pay Rate: £40 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Social Work roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend that works in Social Work and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum in Social Work provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties:
- Be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely assessments to provide high quality carers for our most vulnerable children in Devon
- Foster carer supervisions and ongoing support to carers
- Completion of high-quality carer annual reviews
- Unannounced visits to foster carers
- Attendance at meetings as required (eg. child in care reviews, risk assessment meetings etc)
- Presenting to fostering panel as required
- Facilitating foster carer support groups
- Close work with childcare teams and other professionals to ensure safety and wellbeing of children
Requirements of the Supervising Social Worker:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services
- Be passionate about improving children’s life chances
- As an experienced qualified social worker with energy and enthusiasm, you will be able to demonstrate success in the managing of complex situations
- Be committed to reflective practice and know how to energise, motivate and challenge practitioners
- Have an ability to work to deadlines in a fast paced and supportive environment
- People who are strong in partnership working, think creatively and are ready to try new things
- Knowledge of Eclipse computer system is an advantage – strong IT skills a must
- Full-clean license and access to a car – ability to travel as required
Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Lauren Minter; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this 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.
