Social Worker - Referral and Assessment Team
Kingston upon Thames, London, Greater London, England
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available as a Social Work Practitioner within the Referral & Assessment Team to work full time based in Kingston.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £40,614 per annum.
Responsibilities
* Safeguard and promote the welfare of young people, giving due consideration to their race, culture, religion and linguistic background.
* To manage an agreed caseload of children and young people in compliance with casework objectives, statutory and departmental policy and procedural requirements, consistently maintaining the highest level of professional standards.
* Undertake direct social work responsibilities as an allocated worker to the children and young people assigned, investigating concerns regarding a child or young person's safety or wellbeing, make an assessment of the risk and protective factors in the family and decide on the most appropriate course of action.
* To work to range of legal options to support investigation and protection and accommodation; if required give evidence in court; using contingency planning to anticipate complexity and changing circumstances.
* To ensure the provision of clear written reports to child protection conferences, reviews, planning meetings and any other purpose as required, ensuring good quality casework analysis and risk assessment is evident throughout.
* Work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to formulate care plans in partnership, based on their assessment of need, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to their planning.
* To ensure the planning and review of statutory work with children and young people is in accordance with statutory regulation and to produce written reports and other documentation for this purpose.
* Maintain an awareness of own professional limitations and knowledge gaps. Make effective use of supervision and appraisal to reflect on casework and identify learning and development needs to continually improve practice; support continual professional development.
* Establish and maintain good communication across children's social care and with departments and agencies to facilitate the improvement and development of the service.
* Ensure the wellbeing of employees and service-users by actively promoting and complying with health and safety regulations, policies and procedures.
Requirements
* A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Social Work England registered.
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, 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 reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This has contributed to awards and recognition for candidate care and inclusion.
Sanctuary takes pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). We provide annual online training on EDI and compliance training to support a fair selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments: If you require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or in the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity so we can provide appropriate support throughout the process and into your work placement.
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