Advanced Social Worker: Assessment and Staying Together Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Social Worker  to work full time based in an Assessment and Staying Together Teams in Staffordshire.

The salary for this permanent Advanced Social Worker  job is up to £46,464

Main Duties:

• Assess the needs of children and young people who require social work services including the identification of risk and the need for protection
• Develop, co-ordinate and deliver multi-agency plans to meet assessed needs and to review these plans to ensure they continue to meet assessed needs
• Identify unmet needs and gaps in service provision to inform resource allocation and service development, influencing at local and regional levels
• Engage other professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies in the delivery of services agreed following the assessment of need
• Manage an allocated workload of increased complexity within a team setting with a level of autonomy, complying with the statutory obligations and departmental policy and procedures
• Maintain accurate and up to date records on the electronic management system at all times
• Prepare for and participate in professional supervision sessions and staff meetings and make use of all available training and developmental opportunities.
• Contribute to the evaluation and development of services and new ideas by sharing knowledge about theory, skills and practice with other Social Services staff, professional groups and interested bodies
• Provide professional support to newly qualified and less experienced social work staff to enable others to develop their knowledge and skills

Requirements of this job:

• Social Work Degree or equivalent (DipSW, CQSW, CSS)
• Social Work England (SWE) Registration
• Knowledge of UK legislation relevant to children and families
• Experience of working with children, young people, and their families

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from social worker, senior social worker, advanced practitioner, senior practitioner, deputy team manager, team manager, service manager, head of service and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

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.

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews.