Senior Social Worker

3 weeks ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Part time

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Northamptonshire.The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £46.419per annum.Main duties:

  • Take professional responsibility for managing a complex caseload which will include individuals, children, carers and families who require support and guidance.
  • Demonstrate confident and effective judgement 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.
  • 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.
  • Use professional judgement, employing a range of interventions: promoting independence, providing support and protection, taking preventative action and ensuring safety whilst balancing rights and risks.
  • Take the lead in managing positive interventions that prevent deterioration in health and wellbeing whilst safeguarding people at risk of abuse or neglect.
  • Undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding in more complex cases, and support colleagues by utilising safeguarding skills, in line with current policies and procedures.
  • Play a leading role in practice development, help promote and sustain a learning culture and mentor less experienced staff.
  • Deliver formal professional reflective supervision and provide guidance and advice regarding casework to less experienced qualified staff.
  • 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.
  • As part of the supervision and appraisal process provide support with personal and professional development.
  • Take the professional and personal responsibility for clear recording of analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date case work records on the database as required.
  • Take responsibility for working within the Directorate’s data protection policies.

Requirements of the Senior Social Worker role:

  • CQSW, DipSW, BA Social Work of equivalent professional qualification.
  • Management qualification at least at Level 4.
  • At least 1 years’ experience of supervising professional staff.
  • Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation.
  • Ability to travel independently to all required areas by the job’s responsibilities.

Contact:This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Harry Smy; 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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