£29K/yr to £43K/yr
England, United Kingdom
Permanent, Variable

Social Worker - Children in Care Team

Posted by Sanctuary Personnel.

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a permanent Social Worker within the Children in Care Team to work full time based in Barnsley.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £42,614 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Under Guidance and closely supervised, to work in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers and through building effective relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making
  • Under guidance and closely supervised to undertake assessments, in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service
  • Under guidance and closely supervised, to plan, implement and review a range of interventions for service users in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service
  • Manage a workload in accordance with the requirments of the ASYE
  • Make pro-active use of supervision in accordance with the requirments of the ASYE in order to support development across the Professional Capabilities Framework, the Department of Education's forthcoming Skills and Knowledge Statements and to meet the objectives of Performance Development Reviews
  • Maintain accurate and up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council's policies and procedures
  • Pro-actively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people and families/carers, in order to promote positive change and independence and to prevent harm
  • Meet the requirments of the ASYE and of registration with the Health Care Professions Council in respect of practice standards, conduct and professional development
  • Provide professional advice, guidance and information to a range of internal and external stakeholders as required
  • Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as requested by management

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

  • A social work qualification or equivalent
  • Understanding of relevant legislation
  • Continual professional development
  • Social Work England registered

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Harry Smy; 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. 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.