JOB-20241107-791d94d2
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Duty & Advice Social Worker to work full time based in Oldham. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £45,718 per annum.Main duties:
* To prepare for social work contact and involvement, including reviewing case notes, liaising with other for additional information and evaluating information and support newly qualified social workers.
* To undertake the assessment of support needs for Service Users, Carers and Families, where their circumstances may be difficult and unstable, and assist in screening referrals. To develop/assist to develop Care & Support Plans for Service Users.
* To produce, deliver, evaluate and update Care & Support Plans and packages, in order to resolve practical and emotional social care, health and wellbeing difficulties.
* To work with Service Users, Carers and Families to assist them to make informed choices and decisions.
* To be proactive with respect to Safeguarding issues and following relevant policies and procedures if abuse is suspected.
* To identify, assess and manage risks to Service Users, Carers and Families, and contribute towards a positive change to behaviour to reduce risk.
* To respond to crisis situations, making assessments about urgency and using appropriate legal intervention.
* To prepare, attend and participate in meetings and decision-making forums, for example, court appearances, Reviews, Panels, Case Conferences or team meetings. To chair meetings as appropriate.
* To provide information, reports, data and statistics appropriate to their purpose, for example, Panel Reports or Court Reports.
* To develop and maintain appropriate working relationships with partnership agencies, including health and voluntary sector agencies.
Benefits Oldham Offer:
* 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years’ service.
* Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
* Discounted gym membership
* Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
* Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work
* Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
* Staff recognition and celebration events
* A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager.
* A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
* Clear progression pathways
Requirements of this Social Worker job:
* A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Relevant Social Work experience.
Contact: This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.