Senior Social Worker - Child Protection

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Senior Social Worker within the Child Protection Team to work full time based in Doncaster.The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £38,916 per annum.Main duties:
To undertake procedurally compliant assessments and section 47 enquiries that clearly identify levels and types of risk or need based on documented evidenceTo record and analyse information gathered during the process of social care assessment in line with the case recording policy, local and national guidance and best practice principlesTo undertake assessments in such a way as to lead to clear associated plans that address the issues identified for children in DoncasterTo practice with a clear understanding of the revenant legislative principles, as up to date knowledge of research, emerging case law and best practice guidanceEngage with children, their carers and families in such a way as to clearly understand their circumstances, wishes and feelings and form conclusions which direct longer term intervention focused on the best interests of the childTo have involvement in the process of taking and recording children’s contacts and referrals, contributing to achieving a full understanding of the issues being referred, the relative urgency, the level of risk or need and the action needed in individual casesAssist in the provision of court statements and prepare reports that may be required by the courts and bodies in connection with children’s servicesWork alongside colleagues in providing social care advice and interventions across Doncaster Children’s Services Trust and all agenciesPriorities in line with relative urgency/levels and types of risk and/or need and ensuring that children are safe and that their needs are metContribute to the functioning of the team by fully engaging with the support of colleagues, understanding and working within established processes and advising less experienced staff membersContribute to the development of effective cross agency working both in individual cases and generally, where appropriate by providing representation to multi-agency meetings and forumsHave ownership of own professional development, by fully engaging withy developmental supervision, critically evaluating own practice and ensuring up to date understanding of emerging case law, research and best practice guidanceProvide information, guidance and advice on availability of local services and practices relevant to work with children, young people and families
Requirements of this Senior Social Worker job:
A social work qualification or equivalentUnderstanding of relevant legislationContinual professional developmentSocial Work England registered
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 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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