Senior Social Worker

My Social Work News; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a full-time Social Worker & Senior Social Worker within their Supporting Disabled Children's Service. The salary is up to £57,127 annually. Responsibilities include acting as the lead professional in statutory cases, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and reviewing council policies. Candidates must have a social work qualification and understanding of relevant legislation.

Qualifications

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead professional in statutory cases.
• Undertake the full range of social work tasks.
• Bring together and coordinate the team around the child.
• Establish and develop collaborative working relationships.
• Contribute to the review of Council policies and procedures.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Registration or eligibility

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker & Senior Social Worker within the Supporting Disabled Childrens Service to work Full Time based in Wandsworth.

The salary for this Social Worker & Senior Social Worker job is up to £57,127 per annum.

• Act as the lead professional in statutory cases that require a qualified social worker, including child protection, care proceedings and looked after children cases.
• Undertake the full range of social work tasks with children in need and their families, assessment, planning, implementation and review (APIR).
• Bring together and co-ordinate the team around the child to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to APIR and safeguarding.
• Establish and develop collaborative working with allied health and social care practitioners from children’s and adults’ services.
• Develop a good understanding of evidence-based practice and integrate models of best practice into day-to-day service delivery.
• Participate positively in professional supervision and annual appraisal (PrP) review, taking personal responsibility for the quality of practice.
• Build professional credibility within the multi-professional partnership by achieving practice standards and meeting performance targets consistently, providing accredited practice teaching as required.
• Understand and integrate into practice the key policies of the council in relation to social care with children and families, especially multi-disciplinary working, integration and whole family approaches.
• Develop professional expertise in at least one of the key risk factors affecting the welfare of children, parental alcohol/substance misuse, parental mental health problems, domestic abuse, learning difficulties and homelessness.
• Develop an excellent knowledge base of and collaborative working with local preventative and targeted family support services, particularly those provided by the voluntary and community sector.
• Consider and put forward ideas for improving the efficiency and the effectiveness of council services to children and families.
• Contribute to the review of Council policies and procedures, particularly guidance and protocols for social workers.
• The profile is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the duties the post holder will carry out. Other reasonable duties commensurate with the level of the post, including supporting emergency and priority situations, will form part of the role.

Requirements of this Social Worker & Senior Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Social Worker & Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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.

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