The salary for this Senior Social Worker job is up to £41,511 per annum.
Main duties:
* Undertake proportionate assessments, determine eligibility, and assess risk. Plan care and support and make the best use of available resources to enable people to live the life they choose. To ensure people are given correct financial advice and information about charging processes of the council.
* Engages in critical reflection and constructive challenge within the course of working with colleagues, other agencies and with vulnerable adults and families.
* Actively engages in team meetings/practice forums and other relevant meetings ensuring focused and purposeful social work is undertaken with all cases.
* Works with colleagues in the team to ensure that case recording is up to date and that required information is available for a variety of purposes e.g. multi-agency meetings, strategy meetings, panels, court, case conferences etc.
* Engages in the professional decision-making process with colleagues in relation to complex/high risk cases.
* Engages in and advises on the professional decision-making process with adults at risk, families and their carers, and colleagues in relation to complex/high risk cases.
* Prepares for and attends court as required in relation to specific cases where the engagement of legal processes is necessary.
* Provide co-working support and advice to other staff members within the team.
* Engages in and advises on the professional decision-making process with adults at risk, families and their carers, and colleagues in relation to complex/high risk cases.
* Provides day-to-day supervision of staff and contributes to practice education of any Student Social Worker attached to the team. Supports the leadership team in the development team.
* Takes a leadership role in managing the daily activity of the team, i.e allocation, duty work.
Requirements of the 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.