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JOB-20240819-db742659Senior Social Worker – Looked After Children Location: Surrey, UK Salary: £39.04 per hour Contract: Minimum 6 months, Full Time/Part Time Office Requirement: Kingston office, 3 days per weekAn exciting locum opportunity has arisen for a Senior Social Worker to join the Looked After Children team in Surrey. This role is ideal for professionals with a minimum of three years’ post-qualifying experience in a local authority setting. If you qualified after September 2012, completion of the ASYE is required. Make a tangible difference in the lives of children in care while enjoying a dynamic and supportive work environment.<h3>Perks and benefits</h3>
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Full Time/Part Time: Flexible hours to suit your lifestyle and work-life balance.</li><li>
Competitive Pay: Earn £39.04 per hour, reflecting your expertise and dedication.</li><li>
Diverse Experience: Gain exposure to a wide range of cases, enhancing your CV and professional network.</li><li>
Professional Growth: Benefit from continuous learning, mentoring opportunities, and career advancement.</li><li>
Scenic Surrey: Enjoy working in a picturesque location with excellent quality of life.</li></ul>
<h3>What you will do</h3>
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Conduct assessments and develop care plans to meet the needs of looked after children.</li><li>
Act as a key worker, providing consistent support to children and their families.</li><li>
Coordinate with multi-agency teams, including healthcare and education professionals, to deliver holistic care.</li><li>
Advocate for children’s needs in meetings and reviews, ensuring their voices are heard.</li><li>
Maintain accurate and timely records and reports to support departmental objectives.</li><li>
Mentor and guide junior staff, promoting best practices and high-quality social work.</li></ul>
<h3>Living and working in Surrey</h3>
Surrey offers a blend of countryside charm and urban convenience. With beautiful landscapes, excellent schools, and a welcoming community, it provides an ideal environment for both professional development and personal wellbeing.<h3>Working with Sanctuary Personnel</h3>
Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency for roles. With an ‘Excellent’ rating on Trustpilot from over 1,000 reviews and numerous industry awards, we are committed to securing competitive rates and roles that match your skills and experience.

Sanctuary Personnel

Senior Social Worker - Looked After Children

JOB-20240819-db742659

<h2>Senior Social Worker - Hospital Discharge Team&nbsp;</h2>

Specialism: Adult's Social Worker 
 Location: Windsor &amp; Maidenhead, UK 
 Salary: £34.00 - £40.58 per hour 
 Contract Type: Ongoing | Full-time | Hybrid Working

Step into a pivotal Senior Social Worker role within the Hospital Discharge Team in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. This full-time, ongoing position offers an attractive hourly rate of up to £40.58 and the flexibility of hybrid working, allowing you to balance professional excellence with personal well-being. If you bring strong experience in hospital discharge and supervisory responsibilities, this is an exceptional opportunity to make a meaningful impact.


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Full-Time Stability: Commit to a consistent schedule while enjoying the freedom and benefits associated with locum work.
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Hybrid Working: Divide your time between home working and on-site collaboration, achieving an ideal work-life balance.
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Financial Reward: Earn top-tier hourly rates that reflect your expertise and the critical role you play.
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Professional Development: Access bespoke training, enhancing your knowledge and boosting your professional profile.
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Supportive Environment: Work within a collaborative council team that values expertise, innovation, and compassionate service delivery.
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<h3>What You Will Do</h3>

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Deliver high-quality statutory services to adults with eligible care needs, conducting outcome-focused assessments.
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Provide supervision and mentorship to team members, promoting professional development and accountability.
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Lead and coordinate hospital discharge planning, ensuring safe and timely transitions from hospital to community.
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Develop personalised care plans in partnership with service users, prioritising independence and well-being.
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Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external partners to uphold best practice and seamless service delivery.
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Respond proactively to changing needs, ensuring interventions have real and measurable impact.
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Essential: 
 ✔ Hospital discharge experience 
 ✔ Supervisory experience 
 These are required to ensure you can step confidently into the senior-level expectations of the role.


<h3>Why Windsor &amp; Maidenhead?</h3>

Experience the perfect blend of vibrant community living and beautiful scenery. Windsor and Maidenhead offer:

Senior Social Worker - Hospital Discharge Team 

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the MASH Team to work full time based in Surrey. The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £47,619 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Take professional responsibility for managing a complex caseload which will include individuals, children, carers and families who require support and guidance.</li><li>Demonstrate confident and effective judgment about risk and accountability in decision-making and be able to sustain engagement with fluctuating circumstances and capacities, including where there is hostility and risk.</li><li>Use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs and to ensure that a proportionate assessment is completed in a way that enables maximum participation.</li><li>Use professional judgment, employing a range of intervention: promoting independence, providing support and protection, taking preventative action and ensuring safety whilst balancing rights and risks.</li><li>Take the lead in managing positive interventions that prevent deterioration in health and wellbeing whilst safeguarding people at risk of abuse or neglect.</li><li>Undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding in more complex cases, and support colleagues by utilising safeguarding skills, in line with current policies and procedures.</li><li>Play a leading role in practice development, help promote and sustain a learning culture and mentor less experienced staff.</li><li>Deliver formal professional reflective supervision and provide guidance and advice regarding casework to less experienced qualified staff.</li><li>Where required, take the role of practice educator (or train as a practice educator) for students and the role of ASYE assessor and supervisor for newly qualified social workers in the team.</li><li>As part of the supervision and appraisal process provide support with personal and professional development.</li><li>Share and present professional knowledge and expertise to colleagues within the team and with other partners.</li><li>Take professional and personal &nbsp;responsibility for clear recording of analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date case work records on the database as required by Surrey County Council.</li><li>Take responsibility for working within Directorate’s data protection policies.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior 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 Senior 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.

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