Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Children in Care Team to work Full Time based in Bradford, for Bradford Children & Families Trust. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £49,142per annum. Main duties: To provide a Social Work Service to individuals, their families and carers by assessing and identifying their needs and meeting them through direct therapeutic work, care planning and management. To be able to integrate a theoretical approach with practice. Provide expert witness and give evidence to court and other relevant bodies as required, including evidence in court in proceedings and including the presentation of reports and application of appropriate Legal Orders. Manage a caseload, exercising decision-making in line with professional criteria and making sure that casework is appropriate planned, critically evaluated and reviewed. Make appropriate use of legislation to safeguard and promote the welfare of service users, facilitating their consultation and participation. To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments and participate in reviews and planning meetings. Ensure appropriate care for service users. To ensure the best use of existing mainstream and specialist resources, and to demonstrate innovation with these resources, where appropriate. Accept responsibility for and supervision of service users who are provided with care services and review such cases, undertaking preventative work with them to dimmish safeguarding concerns. Work in partnership with other agencies and organisations in line with the responsibility outlined in this job profile, in order to fulfil the provisions of a Social Work Service. Maintain contact with a wide range of statutory and voluntary sector professionals for information exchange, the exercise of judgement and in order to influence outcomes in case planning and decision making. To maintain up to date, accurate, concise and purposeful records of work, in-line with departmental policy on recording and access to files. To participate continuously in professional development opportunities, identifying and acting on learning needs and taking part in regular supervision and appraisal in line with Social Work registration and HCPC standards. Independently manage own workload seeking support and investigating solutions for workload difficulties. Provide support and mentoring for Newly Qualified Staff & Volunteers as required, assisting in the development of new resources and work on specialist projects. Apply Social Work ethical principles and values to guide your professional practice and decision-making, including partnership with service users. To act in accordance with the priorities and policies of the Department, actively promoting and supporting Council policies on equality and work in an anti-oppressive manner. Requirements of this Social Worker role: A social Work Qualification or equivalent. Understanding of relevant legislation. Registered or eligible for registration. Contact: This Social Worker job is advertised by Neil Clements; 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.