Overview
Senior Social Worker - Connected Persons at Sanctuary Personnel (permanent, full-time) based in Slough. Salary up to £52,037 per annum.
Responsibilities
* Be central point of contact, collation and completion of SGO, Kinship and Connected Persons assessments, following a positive viability assessment.
* Conduct joint viabilities with allocated social worker.
* Undertake SGO and Connected Persons assessments, including Private assessment and SGO/child arrangement orders.
* Review case records and assess children’s needs.
* Undertake assessment visits.
* Observe contact with applicants and children.
* Propose transition plan with allocated social worker.
* Undertake referee visits for the applicants, children and adult children within the home.
* Prepare the court report and SGO support plan.
* Attend associated professional meetings as required, including Court.
* Organise and deliver trainee preparation workshops for prospective Special Guardians, family and friends.
* Work with child care teams, IRO and fostering teams.
* Record details of assessments of ICS.
* Where possible, generate leads for potential new foster carers and home from home carers.
* Ensure the safeguarding of children/young people in line with the role and responsibilities.
* Deputise for the Connected Persons Practice Manager as required.
* Undertake any other duties as commensurate with the level of responsibility of the role.
* Adhere to all legislation in terms of practice, policies and procedures for the role including the National Minimum Standards for Fostering and SWE standards.
Requirements
* A social work qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact
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, we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.
Sanctuary Personnel is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and to fair and thorough selection processes. We provide reasonable adjustments during recruitment and in the workplace as required.
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