Overview
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Family Support & Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Cambridgeshire.
The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £42,248 per annum, plus £1,000 retention payment.
Responsibilities
* Provide professional leadership, specialist social work practice skills and knowledge to make independent decisions and support situations in which risk of significant harm, ambiguity or complexity is greatest.
* Through the intervention of assessment, identify and respond to needs, build on strengths, ensuring that analysis is robust and leads to clear outcomes that can be met through appropriate SMART plans.
* Demonstrate good analytical, interviewing and observational skills to ensure the voice of the child is heard and used to inform all assessments, decision‑making and interventions.
* Engage with children, young people, and their families to develop effective and empowering working relationships which facilitate change and improve outcomes for children and young people.
* Act as the lead professional and ensure all safeguarding matters are dealt with promptly, effectively and in line with child protection procedures and escalated as necessary.
* Demonstrate sound written skills through the provision of coherent, analytical and evidence‑based reports and plans for a variety of forums, including court, which are child‑focussed and reflect the impact of the child’s lived experience.
* Work in partnership with children, young people and their families to ensure that interventions are proportionate and timely, that people are protected from harm, and that their human rights are promoted.
* Contribute to the development of integrated services and policy and promote new ways of developing service user care, taking account of national initiatives and practice standards.
* Maintain and update knowledge regarding social policy and social work practice, be fully informed of organisational policy and procedures, relevant legislation and statutory guidance.
* Maintain professional registration with Social Work England, engage in a range of training and development opportunities and take responsibility for own Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in line with Social Work England registration requirements.
* Keep and maintain accurate service user records, in line with professional requirements and departmental recording methods.
* Promote and develop service user empowerment, recognise and celebrate diversity, and demonstrate commitment to anti‑racist, anti‑discriminatory practice in all professional practice.
* Carry out duties in a timely and responsive manner, in line with Social Work England Professional Standards, the Professional Capability Framework and Cambridgeshire County Council’s values (lives over services, collaborative, creative and aspirational, accountable).
Qualifications
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Additional information
Contact: This Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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. Sanctuary takes pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace can be requested at the earliest opportunity, and Sanctuary will provide appropriate support.
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