Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Regional Personal Welfare Team to work full time for The Coal Mining Charity, based in Pontefract.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £39,599 per annum.
Main duties:
* Lead and manage the personal welfare team for the Yorkshire and North East region in order to provide a high quality, professional, outcomes focused service for former miners and their dependents.
* Ensure the effective management of casework across the team including case allocation and case management.
* Manage a small caseload of clients when necessary with a variety of needs, by carrying out high quality assessments, and providing a range of appropriate interventions in response to assessed needs of the clients e.g. welfare benefits advice, advocacy, emotional support and practical advice.
* Support the team through supervision, appraisal, case reviews and observations.
* Act as safeguarding lead for the region, advising and supporting team members to take appropriate action with regards to the safeguarding of individuals, ensuring adherence to the organisations safeguarding policy.
* Manage the delivery of a range of interventions predominantly through a home visiting service, including welfare benefits advice, support with mobility, social isolation and financial issues etc.
* Develop and maintain good working relationships with other professionals and partner agencies to ensure integrated, holistic, and multi-disciplinary approach.
* Contribute to the development of new services and approaches to meet the changing needs of the client group.
* Represent the organisation at events and meetings as required and co-ordinate publicity and marketing of services in the region in co-operation with head office to promote and advertise the service.
* Participate in personal development to ensure the threshold standards necessary for safe and effective practice are met, retaining social work registration and developing such opportunities for team members to facilitate a learning and development culture.
* Attend and participate in required meetings, training and development opportunities.
* To undertake any other duties as requested and reasonable to the post.
Requirements of this Senior Social Worker role:
* A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; 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.
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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