Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the HART Team to work full time based in Haringey.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £49,890 per annum.
Responsibilities:
* To be responsible for a managed caseload of the more complex cases in the service and ensure the delivery of a high-quality social work input, consistent with accepted notions of best practice and national and local guidance, in the context of partnership working.
* To progress children’s plans in accordance with current local protocols, this may include writing statements within timescales, giving evidence on behalf of the Local Authority in Family Proceedings Court and any other court within the Family Division as required.
* To offer case advice, mentoring, coaching and guidance to others in the service as required including co-working, joint visiting, assistance with court statements and other reports and assessments.
* To take responsibility for your personal professional development by maintaining and developing relevant skills and knowledge of current legislation, policy, and social work practice through self-directed learning and via formal PQ route.
* To work with the Head of Service, Service Manager and Team Managers in managing the development of the service ensuring it continues to improve and responds to changing need.
* To work with other managers to ensure practice in the service is of the highest standards and that performance information is readily available, analysed and used to inform current and future working practices.
* To develop professional expertise in a specialist area and contribute to the development of policy and procedures in certain practice areas and offer training workshops and other learning and development opportunities to the service and others as required.
* To ensure that all legislation and local council policies regarding Health and Safety are adhered to.
* To undertake any other temporary responsibilities aligned with the overall purpose and grade of the role.
Requirements:
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. 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.
We are proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and are committed to building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
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