Safeguarding & Support Social Worker

Sanctuary Personnel; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job description

Haringey, London, Greater London, England
N4

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Safeguarding & Support Social Worker to work full time based in Haringey.

The salary for this permanent Safeguarding & Support Social Worker job is up to £47,857 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. To assess, identify levels of risk and need and deliver protective or supportive service for children with a Child Protection Plan.
2. To implement Child Protection Plans by working in partnership with parents and colleagues from other agencies to effect better outcomes for children with Child Protection Plans.
3. To accommodate children and young people and initiate care proceedings when appropriate.
4. To formulate care plans in partnerships with children and young people, their families and other providers of care and assistance based on these assessments.
5. To provide verbal and written reports to child protection conferences, strategy meetings, planning meetings and reviews.
6. To maintain and develop up to date relevant skills and knowledge of current legislation, policy and social work practice.
7. To take responsibility for managing an individual caseload, having regard to the relative needs of all service users and ensuring an effective use of time and resources.
8. To maintain accurate and up to date electronic case records in line with policies and procedures.
9. To ensure that all expenditure on cases is properly authorised and recorded, and that cases with financial packages are regularly monitored and reviewed.
10. To ensure that all legislation and local council policies regarding Health & Safety are adhered to.
11. To undertake any other temporary duties consistent with the basic duties and/or objectives of the post.
12. Understanding and commitment to promoting and implementing the Council's Equal Opportunities policies.

Requirements:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Social Work England registered.

Contact:

This Safeguarding & Support 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.

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.