Senior Social Worker, Assessment Team
- Bracknell, Berkshire
- £49,918-53,048 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To carry out needs led child focussed assessments which include outcome focused plans.
- To be the allocated Social Worker for a duty caseload of single assessments under S17 and S47 investigations, with some short-term work.
- To take part in the Duty system responding to child protection concerns.
- To make effective use of tome and be able to prioritise demand.
- To participate in regular reflective supervision and be able to set clear goals and intervention strategies.
- To monitor and evaluate demand and bring to the attention of the supervisor any resource shortfalls.
- To develop and maintain accurate case records and comply with the department’s policies, procedures and guidelines including data protection and GDPR.
- To promote listening to children at every opportunity, ensuring their views are heard, recorded, and acted upon in an appropriate and timely manner and to ensure direct work is completed with children and young people in accordance with their age and understanding.
- To contribute to the development of service of children and families by attending and contributing positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services for children in need and in need of protection in accordance with statutory responsibilities and council policies using best value principles.
- To role model and champion good social work practice, support and enable newly qualified or less experienced social workers and positively contribute to the inclusive culture of the department.
- To provide cover for the work of other team members and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience competencies and the grade of the post).
- Such other duties may from time to time be necessary, compatible with the nature of the post. It should be noted that the above list of main duties and responsibilities is not necessarily a complete statement of the final duties of the post.
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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:
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