Social Worker - Assessment Team

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 Dagenham.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43,815 per annum.

Main duties:

* With appropriate supervision assess and provide services to children and families in need within the framework of relevant law, legislation and national and local guidance.
* To undertake high quality, analytical single assessments within statutory timescales, which are reflective of presenting concerns and responsive to identified unmet needs and/or risks.
* To undertake practice which is analytical and reflective and in which the child's voice is consistently heard and recorded.
* Working within the London Child Protection Procedures to undertake key work responsibilities for children subject to a child protection plan and children looked after by the Local Authority who are deemed to be at risk.
* To assess, advise and support Children and Families in need alongside Health, Education and Targeted Family Support colleagues to address unmet need and present statutory safeguarding intervention.
* To enhance and promote continuing professional development in accordance with the Professional Capacities Framework and registration requirements of the SWE. To undertake appropriate training and keep abreast of changes in legislation divisional procedures and development in professional practice.
* To contribute to the planning and development of the services provided by the team and promote the improvement of standards and quality assurance.
* To comply with the service case recoding guidance.
* To ensure that your Line Manager is kept fully appraised of any concerns arising from caseload and seek advice as and when necessary.

Requirements of this role:

* Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
* Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
* Experience of community and/or group work.
* Knowledge of children's health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.

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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