Overview
Social Worker - Specialist Adolescents Team, Hillingdon, Hayes, Greater London, England UB3. Sanctuary Personnel has a new permanent position for a Social Worker within the Specialist Adolescents Team to work full time in Hillingdon. Salary up to £44,019 per annum.
Responsibilities
* Manage a wider, increasingly complex social work caseload including safeguarding adults, with more autonomy.
* Demonstrate expertise in one or more areas of social work practice.
* Use a range of frameworks for assessment and intervention.
* Provide support for trainees and other employees, including acting as a buddy for inductees.
* Take responsibility for obtaining regular, effective supervision from an appropriate Social Worker to ensure effective practice, critical reflection and career development.
* Demonstrate comprehensive understanding and use of knowledge related to area of practice, including critical awareness of current issues and new evidence-based practice research.
* Recognise discriminatory practices and appropriately challenge service users, colleagues and senior staff.
* Be responsible for proactive measures in response to emergency safety and liberty issues.
* Demonstrate cost-consciousness in the application of available resources.
* Maintain knowledge of the current team plan and of own contribution in delivering this.
* Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework.
* Use a wide range of evidence sources to inform decision-making.
* Clearly report and record judgments, decisions and analysis using the appropriate system.
* Act as Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Best Interest Assessor (following appropriate training and with minimum of 1 year post-ASYE practice experience).
* Collaborate closely with young people to co-create their individual plans and empower them to participate in decision-making processes, including chairing their review meetings.
Requirements
* A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact and applying
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, 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; our pool of candidates reflects the clients they will support within their role. Sanctuary takes pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). All employees undertake annual online training on EDI and compliance training.
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. We will provide appropriate support throughout the process and into your work placement.
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Note
Salary ranges and locations listed are indicative and may be subject to change. This description focuses on current responsibilities and requirements for the role in Hillingdon.
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