Social Worker

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Hospital Team to work Full Time based in Waltham Forest. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £52,767 per annum. Main duties: To work within the Care Act 2014 and other relevant statutory frameworks and take responsibility for maintaining a good standard of professional practice and developing the core skills and knowledge required, in collaboration with your line manager as part of continuous professional development. To ensure and fully participate in supervision and to apply critical reflection and analysis to inform professional decisions. To ensure risks are discussed with your line manager to gain direction, advice and support with practice. To effectively manage a reasonable caseload appropriate to the level of experience and to maintain adequate throughput of work. To discuss any challenges with caseload management with your line manager in a timely way to access any necessary support with prioritisation. To be professionally curious when undertaking effective assessments of individual and carer needs and risks within statutory frameworks, using a strengths-based, person-centred approach to ensure they are focused on outcomes. This includes promoting a holistic, multi-agency approach by developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships. To work directly in partnership with residents, their families and carers to enable them to maintain their independence and wellbeing, cope with change, attain outcomes they want and need, understand and manage risk, and participate in the life of their communities. To provide advice and information to residents and carers ensuring that assessments, care and support plans, information about charging and other information regarding service provision is communicated in a timely way. To have a high level of understanding of legislation and be able to interpret and apply it, alongside national and local policies and procedures underpinning your work specifically where assessment, review and safeguarding elements are applied, use of personal budgets and direct payments (as appropriate) as well as how carers are supported and how the local authority meets its statutory duties. The profile is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the duties the post holder will carry out. Other reasonable duties commensurate with the level of the post, including supporting emergency and priority situations, will form part of the role. Requirements of this Social Worker role: A social Work Qualification or equivalent. Understanding of relevant legislation. Registered or eligible for registration. Contact: This Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; 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.