Sanctuary Personnel - Social Worker Position
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Children Looked After Team to work full time for Brighter Futures for Children based in Reading.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £45,568 per annum.
Responsibilities:
1. Undertake assessments and, where appropriate, arrange accommodation for children and young people.
2. Work within BFFC policy procedures and good practice guidelines to effectively meet the needs of the children and families allocated to you.
3. Work with children, young people, families, carers, and communities to help them make informed decisions and engender change.
4. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with service users and other professionals.
5. Keep up to date with contemporary issues in children's social work including legislation and evidence-based practice, and attend relevant training and development opportunities.
6. Liaise with colleagues in own, other directorates, and external agencies to gather information relevant to assessment and care planning activities, and jointly plan and deliver interventions.
7. Maintain and update case notes and other records, and write reports as necessary. If required, give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
8. Participate in planning and/or reviewing the cases of children in care, and supervise fostering/adoption arrangements.
9. Act as lead professional regarding Core Groups and lead and monitor multi-agency actions and objectives.
10. Recognise, monitor, and assess risk when working with families, and escalate risk to supervisors in a timely manner to plan mitigating actions.
11. Take reasonable care of your own health and safety and co-operate with management to enable compliance with the company's health and safety rules and legislative requirements.
Brighter Futures for Children is a dynamic organisation that recognises the need to respond flexibly to changing demands and circumstances. This job description provides a summary of functions and responsibilities of the post, which may need to be adapted or adjusted to meet changing circumstances.
Requirements:
1. A Social Work Degree or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Ability to engage, coach and motivate teams and set clear targets and expectations.
4. Experience of successfully managing performance and providing clear constructive feedback.
5. Social Work England registered.
This Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Sanctuary Personnel encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects 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).
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.
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