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JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Practitioner within the Looked After Children Team to work Full Time for based in Enfield.The salary for this permanent Advanced Practitioner job is up to £55,692 per annum. Main duties: <ul>
<li>Provide a casework service to the most vulnerable looked after children which will include a significant level of complex court work.</li><li>Develop and deliver projects which further the knowledge of the service and/or improve outcomes for individual children and young people.</li><li>Work with the team managers on performance improvements strategies, improving compliance with national legislative requirements and local policies.</li><li>Mentor and support less experienced members of the social care workforce to build the skills and knowledge of the whole service.</li><li>Provide specialist permanency planning input into complex cases held by other social workers.</li><li>Assist in managing the daily duty team on behalf of the service.</li><li>Eepresent the service in external multi-agency partnerships.</li><li>Any other duties reasonably requested by management.</li><li>Carry out all accountabilities in compliance with the Council’s Policies and Procedures.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Advanced Practitioner role:<ul>
<li>A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.</li></ul>
Contact: This Advanced Practitioner role 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, 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.

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Advanced Practitioner - Looked After Children's Team

JOB-20241111-a044c399Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Family Support Worker within the Targeted Early Help Service Team to work full time based in Barking &amp; Dagenham. The salary for this permanent Senior Family Support Worker job is up to £44,331 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To supervise and line manage a small team of practitioners in line with the supervision policy, escalating issues of concern for management review and decision making as required.</li><li>To be responsible for ensuring effective risk management, comprehensive assessments and outcomes focused plans are in place.</li><li>Complete accurate and timely records to capture the rationale behind the initial threshold decision and recommendations.</li><li>Ensure all work meets the requirements and timeframes outlined within the Targeted Early Help Practice Standards.</li><li>Ensure that safeguarding children is central to all work completed and that appropriate action is taken in line with the borough’s safeguarding procedures.</li><li>In consultation with team managers, make decisions on casework, reviewing assessments and recommending appropriate levels of intervention and support, identifying cases that require transfer to the social work teams.</li><li>To work with the Team Manager to ensure consistent delivery across the localities and an equal distribution of work across the borough. This may involve moving staff between localities to manage demand.</li><li>To contribute to developing the local early help partnership, chairing meetings as required.</li><li>To be responsible, together with the line manager and other managers, for the provision of management information and its interrogation to inform service provision and meet performance indicators.</li><li>To liaise effectively and work with universal and statutory services where appropriate.</li><li>To assess and monitor risk for children and young people and take responsibility for informing the appropriate statutory safeguarding agencies where appropriate.</li><li>To take responsibility for updating specialist knowledge in the chosen service area and to undertake training as identified.</li><li>To contribute to local and departmental training on practice issues in line with departmental policies and procedures, in light of research findings.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Family Support Worker job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Family Support Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; 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.

Senior Family Support Worker - Targeted Early Help Service

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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Assessment team to work full time based in Medway. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £48,956 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To provide a high-quality and effective professional casework service, taking responsibility for working and managing a caseload within a framework of appropriate supervision, dependent upon the complexities of these cases and the social worker’s experience.</li><li>Manage a caseload within a framework of appropriate reflective supervision, undertaking focused, analytical assessments, SMART plans and reviews that have clear objectives and outcome measures in order to ensure that all vulnerable children receive a service that reflects the Council’s commitment to safeguarding and putting the needs of individual children first.</li><li>Demonstrate and model good practice that reflects a commitment to relationship and strengths-based practice, working collaboratively with children, young people and their families.</li><li>Work directly with children and young people to establish their wishes and feelings, using a variety of techniques, as required.</li><li>Use the Signs of Safety practice model in assessments and interventions with children and their families.</li><li>Maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Data Protection legislation (GDPR) and use Medway Council specific recording systems to promote effective case management.</li><li>Prepare clear, structured and concise reports for meetings, i.e. Child Protection Conferences, strategy meetings, Looked After Children Reviews, Children in Need meetings, and court proceedings as necessary, to the required standard and within the prescribed timescales.</li><li>Keep up to date with research findings, theoretical models and innovative practice within the social work field in order to maintain the highest professional standards.</li><li>Participate in regular supervision with your manager to review casework and critically reflect on, and identify any areas of learning.</li><li>Keep up to date with the Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research and national trends in order to maintain the highest professional standards.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Relevant Social Work experience.</li></ul>
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, 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.

Social Worker - Assessment Team

&nbsp;JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Social Worker within the Violence, Vulnerability and Exploitation Team to work full time based in Barking. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £38,850 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To ensure compliance with your responsibilities as laid out in the council’s equal opportunity policy and take an active role in promoting equality and diversity and to Harrow’s diverse community. Or to ensure compliance with your responsibilities as laid out in the council’s equal opportunity policy and take an active role in promoting and enabling equality of opportunity, promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of Harrow’s community, ensuring equality and diversity is mainstreamed in all service/directorate activities.</li><li>To undertake all work in a manner that is responsive to legislative requirements as well as corporate and national priorities.</li><li>To contribute to the formulation of the Service Plan and to be clear about Team priorities as they relate to the social work role and function.</li><li>To prepare for regular supervision and reflective practice consultations concerning casework practice and ensure that work is progressed and completed as agreed.</li><li>To contribute to regular individual performance and development consultations and undertake any necessary training and professional learning and development.</li><li>To take responsibility for ensuring that all work undertaken in connection with assessment, planning, monitoring, and review functions are undertaken in an efficient and effective manner which demonstrates a positive impact and outcome for Children, young people, and their families.</li><li>To strive to achieve and maintain best practice standards in all aspects of the work undertaken and exercise sound professional judgements at all times.</li><li>To seek direction, advice, guidance and support whenever necessary and appropriate and to ensure that the Senior Practitioner/Team Manager is notified of any situation concerning risks about the safety or wellbeing of a child.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: 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, 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.
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Social Worker - Violence, Vulnerability and Exploitation Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Family Support &amp; Protection Team to work full time based in Harlow. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £49,183 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To 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.</li><li>To model high quality professional behaviour and to develop and promote notions of authoritative practice within the service.</li><li>To progress children’s plan 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.</li><li>To maintain accurate and up to date electronic case records in line with Departmental policies and procedures and contribute to the continued development of the database.</li><li>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.</li><li>To support the development of a service consistent with models of partnership working with other agencies and children and their families and to work with them in enabling children to stay safely at home wherever possible.</li><li>To promote welfare of children in care with particular regard for their age, sex, health, race, religion, culture and life experience.</li><li>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 direct learning and via formal PQ route.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>To undertake any other duties consistent with the basic duties and/or objectives of the post.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Practitioner 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, 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.&nbsp;

Senior Practitioner - Family Support & Protection Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced &nbsp;Senior Social Worker within the Looked After Children (LAC) Team to work full time based in Brent. 
 
 The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £49,355 annum. 
 
 Main duties:

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<li>Work independently to hold and effectively manage a more complex caseload, acknowledging and ensuring levels of responsibility commensurate with the individual's knowledge and skills.</li>

<li>Work directly with children, young people and families, involving all key family members and prioritising children and young people's safety. Work using signs of Safety Methodology, which work collaboratively with families to empower them to find solutions whist ensuring working within the policies, procedures of Children's Services and regulatory standards.</li>

<li>Carry out in depth and ongoing family assessment of social need and risk to children, with particular focus on parental capacity and capacity to change.</li>

<li>Recognise harm and risk indicators of different forms of harm to children relating to sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and neglect. Consider the possibility of Child Sexual Exploitation, grooming (on and offline), female genital mutilation, enforced marriage and the range of adult behaviours which pose risk to children, recognising too the potential for children to be perpetrators of abuse.</li>

<li>Use reflective supervision, research and other guidance to recognising one's own professional limitations and how and when to seek advice from a range of sources, including Advanced Practitioners and other clinical practitioners from a range of disciplines. The post holder will work in conjunction with senior staff and managers through available support systems (supervision, appraisal, mentoring, co-working and work shadowing).</li>

<li>Navigate the family and youth justice system in England using legal powers and duties to support families, to protect children and to look after children in the public care system, including the regulated frameworks that support the full range of permanence options. Participate in decisions about whether to make an application to the family court, the order to be applied for and the preparation and presentation of evidence.</li>

<li>Seek advice and professional second opinion as required in relation to the legal issues, interventions and plans which frequently impact children, young people and families involved with statutory services.</li>

<li>Use the law and regulatory and statutory guidance to inform practice decisions. Take into account the complex relationship between professional ethics, the application of the law and the impact of social policy on both.</li>

<li>Make realistic child centred plans within a review timeline which will manage and reduce identified risks and meets the needs of the child. Any plans devised for the child need to be evidence informed, demonstrate clear analysis and professional judgement and evaluate decision making skills. This also includes working with multi-agency partners.</li>

<li>Continuously develop knowledge of child development and how this impacts on all aspects of a child's life. This includes physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioural development and the impact of different parenting styles. Have a good and continually developing understanding of adult behaviours; for example, adult mental health, domestic abuse, mental health, physical health, disability and substance misuse and the impact on, and inter-relationship between, parenting and child development.</li>

<li>Good understanding of working in a complex organisation such as a Local Authority, Trust or other delivery model for Children's Services. Act In ways that protect the reputation of Northamptonshire County Council and the wider social work profession whilst always privileging the best interests of children. Contribute to the organisation's role as corporate parent to children in public care.</li>
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Requirements of this Senior Social Worker job:

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<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li>

<li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li>

<li>Continual professional development.</li>

<li>Social Work England registered.</li>
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Contact: 
 This Senior 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, 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 background

Senior Social Worker - Looked After Children

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Family Support &amp; Protection Team to work full time based in Harlow, Essex. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43,839 per annumMain duties:<ul>
<li>Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance.</li><li>Assess family functioning, providing help and support, when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or wellbeing of children at risk of abuse or neglect.</li><li>Working collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety to participate in their community is restricted.</li><li>Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest there may be a need to remove a child from their parents or carers.</li><li>Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.</li><li>Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.</li><li>Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, for example, working with people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or diminished capacity.</li><li>Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory reviews.</li><li>Act as Practice Educators for social work qualifying course students on practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.</li><li>Working with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.</li><li>Hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers, as and when required.</li><li>Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development activity and responding to feedback on performance.</li><li>Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross functional output.</li></ul>
Requirments of this Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: This Social Worker 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, 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.&nbsp;

Social Worker - Family Support & Protection Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Social Worker within the Looked After Children &amp; Leaving Care Team to work full time based in Woking, Surrey. The salary for this permanent Advanced Social Worker job is up to £55,625 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.</li><li>Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.</li><li>Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and evidence-informed practice.</li><li>Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment procedures to be used discerningly in response to the presenting needs.</li><li>Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others to develop these skills.</li><li>Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations, including positive risk taking situations.</li><li>Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.</li><li>Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.</li><li>Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.</li><li>Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.</li><li>Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individuals contributions are maximised.</li><li>Promote positive working relationships in and across teams and with partners in statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations, using strategies for collaboration and arbitration.</li><li>Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.</li><li>When required, monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding and resources in accordance with council policies and procedures, or have indirect influence on wider service budget.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Advanced Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: This Advanced 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, 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.

Team Manager - Looked After Children & Leaving Care Team - Reigate

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Referral &amp; Assessment Team to work full time based in Bexley. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £46,191 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Investigate complaints of alleged neglect, abuse or ill treatment&nbsp; of children, undertake assessments and where appropriate arrange accommodation for children and young people.</li><li>Assess children and their families who may require a Social Work Service and investigate reports that children are suffering or are likely to suffer harm.</li><li>Draw up plans with and for individual children and their families (including plans for service provision to children in need, plans for protection of children, care plans for looked after children).</li><li>Undertake preventative work with families in order to reduce the need for care or accommodation.</li><li>Work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.</li><li>Work closely with colleagues across the Council and External Agencies in order to gather information relevant to assessment and care planning activities.</li><li>Make recommendations to the Team Leader and others about the need for legal action in respect of a child and about use of resources.</li><li>Act as named key worker and implement agreed plans for the production of children, care of children and service provision and to monitor and review those plans.</li><li>Maintain and update case notes and other records, as required.</li><li>Carry out these duties in accordance with legal requirements and Bexley procedures, and advise manager in advance where this is likely to be difficult to achieve.</li><li>Ensure that Borough resources (including social work time) are used economically, effectively and efficiently and to alert supervisors to any shortfall in resources.</li><li>Prepare reports for, attend and contribute to case conferences, reviews and other meetings as necessary.</li><li>Tke responsibility for their own and colleagues welfare by identifying, acknowledging and discussing the stresses of the work and by ensuring that they themselves and colleagues are not exposed to unnecessary risk of violence.</li><li>Attend training and keep abreast of new research, guidance and law; to use what has been learned in practice, and to participate in initiatives to review and improve social work practice and service delivery within the team.</li><li>Undertake other duties as directed by the Unit Manager or required by the department.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
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, 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.

Social Worker - Referral & Assessment Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Family Support &amp; Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Dagenham. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £48,511 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To have a caseload of complex family proceedings and children deemed to be at high risk of significant harm. The senior worker will be expected to demonstrate the ability to record to a high standard capturing the voice of the child, show evidence of analysis and reflection throughout.</li><li>To act as lead practice educator for the social work unit by providing support and advice and offer shadowing opportunities to Student Social Worker, Newly Qualified Social Workers subject to Assessed and Supported Year in Employment and family support practitioners.</li><li>&nbsp;To share specialist social work knowledge and research across the social work unit.</li><li>Working within the London Child Protection procedures to undertake key work responsibilities for children subject to a child protection plan.</li><li>In conjunction with the Practice Managers and Senior Team Manager, to maintain performance standards in line with Division expectation and national guidance, and act alert Practice Managers of any concerns in relation to staff performance.</li><li>Undertake assigned projects, ensuring that agreed outcomes are delivered on time, within budget and to the expected standard.</li><li>Undertake staff management and supervisory responsibilities, including the recording of absences, appraisal, recruitment, development, welfare, discipline, deployment, motivation, etc.</li><li>Foster teamwork involvement with staff to increase performance. Create an environment for ideas and innovations to be explored and work practices challenged. Encourage staff to meet their full potential.</li><li>Ensure compliance with and actively promote the Council’s Equalities and Diversity policies and strategies.</li><li>Take responsibility for continuing self-development and participate in training and development activities.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: 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, 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.=

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