Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Consultant Social Worker within the Assessment & Intervention Team to work full time based in Merton.
The salary for this permanent Consultant Social Worker job is up to £48,867 per annum.
Main duties:
* Work directly with children, young people, and families using and role modelling Merton’s Relationship-based practice model and a range of solution-focused, Signs of Safety, and systemic social work tools and approaches.
* Build and maintain strong and effective relationships with children, young people, families, and carers to offer containment and create the conditions for change to occur. Support Social Workers, Social Work Students, and Practitioners to improve and repair their relationships with children, families, and carers.
* Prepare, provide, and explain written reports and plans to children, families, carers, and professionals in various settings including home visits, family network meetings, court hearings, panels, and multi-agency meetings.
* Hold statutory social work case responsibility for the assessment, intervention, planning, and reviewing of children, families, and carers requiring social work interventions under child in need, child protection, and children in care arrangements.
* Act as a Practice Educator and Practice Assessor, supervising, mentoring, and coaching social work students and ASYE social workers as required.
* Work alongside children, young people, parents, and families experiencing or at risk of experiencing social, emotional, health, or behavioural issues to bring about sustainable change.
* Lead professional for families with complex problems as the role requires.
* Deliver effective group supervision, individual supervision, appraisal, and mentoring of colleagues.
* Maintain up-to-date records and data using electronic devices and systems, providing reports for various audiences, role modelling efficient and timely recording and reporting practices, and assisting practitioners, social work students, and social workers with effective time management strategies.
* Build strong effective relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality, taking appropriate action to resolve issues or concerns.
* Undertake other tasks allocated by the manager, in keeping with the responsibilities of the grade.
* Share experience, knowledge, and skills with practitioners, social work students, social workers, and colleagues to provide consultation, advice, and guidance.
* Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope, and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
Requirements of this Consultant Social Worker job:
* A social work qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Continual professional development.
* Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Consultant Social Worker job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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 encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This has played a significant role in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well as 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. We will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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