Senior Social Worker, Orpington & The Crays Adult Locality Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Orpington & The Crays Locality Team to work Full Time based in Bromley.

The salary for this Senior Social Worker job is up to £54,063 per annum.

Main duties:

* To promote and maintain independence for vulnerable adults in line with the wellbeing principles set out in the Care Act 2014 and the Health and Social Care Act 2022 .

* To support carers to continue in their role.

* To protect adults at risk by robust assessments and the use of safeguarding procedures with an emphasis on making safeguarding personal.

* With the Adult & Carer, formulate and implement personal budgets and support plans.

* Monitor, review and evaluate support plans including direct payments in order to ensure that they are consistent with eligible need.

* Provide supervision, support and advice to other team members and deputise for the Team Leader.

* Assist and participate in the management of the Duty Service and act as Duty Senior.

* Undertake the safeguarding adult manager role and role of enquiry officer as defined in the Pan London Safeguarding Procedure.

* Undertake strength-based assessments for adults and their carers. Offer support and advice as appropriate to Adults and their Carers.

* Initiate and co-ordinate support plans for and with Adults and their Carers, in conjunction with professional colleagues and representatives of voluntary and private agencies.

* As necessary, ensure that work is allocated, transferred or concluded, in accordance with procedures.

* Develop and support self and staff learning.

* Monitor and review the needs and support plans of adults and their carers.

* Maintain client records in accordance with Council policy and professional standards.

* Respond to and where possible resolve complaints in line with the Council's complaints procedure.

* Ensure Adults and Carers are able to represent their views and opinions by providing advocacy, communicators or translators when appropriate.

* Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required to ensure the efficient and effective running of the Department/Section.

Requirements of this Senior Social Worker job:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.

* Understanding of relevant legislation.

* Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:

This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; 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.