Social Worker - Children's Specialist Support Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Children's Specialist Support Team to work full time based in Bracknell Forest.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £47,387 per annum.

Main duties:

* To hold a caseload and provide assessment, care planning, intervention and family support according to expertise.

* To assess and identify the needs of children and families referred and negotiate delivery of services by determining how these needs can be best met in accordance with statutory responsibilities and council policies using best value principles.

* To work alongside partner agencies e.g. voluntary and statutory and within the context of the care plan for children and families to ensure the provision of appropriate and effective services.

* To contribute to the team duty rota, responding to child protection concerns.

* To make effective use of time and be able to prioritise workload.

* To attend regular supervision and with the Supervisor, be able to set clear goals and intervention strategies.

* To regularly monitor and evaluate casework 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 security of information.

* 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 life journey work is completed with children and young people in accordance with their age and understanding.

* To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.

* To contribute to the development of services to 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 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).

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.

* Understanding of relevant legislation.

* Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:

This 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:

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.