Social Worker - Looked After Children Team

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 600+ reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Gateshead.

Team/Specialism: Looked After Children Team

Pay Rate: £222 per day (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum, 3-Months

Hours: Full-time 

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable) and extensive equipment provided.
• Revalidation/registration renewal based on length of service
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience recruiting to social work roles (public & private sector)
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
• Access to our online careers hub

Main Duties:

• Carrying out Looked after Children reviews
• Ensuring Child Protection procedures are adhered to
• Working with cases in care proceedings
• Undertaking risk assessments
• Putting in place multi agency plans for children returning to their families
• Devise multi agency child protection plans
• Undertake direct work with children
• Undertake Life story work with children to address emotional contact needs and to achieve permanency
• Attending family group conferences
• Keeping up to date case recordings
• Report writing
• Preparing reports and presenting them to panels
• Undertaking Kinship assessments
• Preparing Care Plans
• Writing court reports and giving evidence in court
• Meeting timescales in line with legislation
• Carrying out core assessments
• Planning and prioritising my case load
• Completing statutory visits
• Preparing pathway plans

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 Jasmine Burman; 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.