Social Worker - Family Support & Protection Team

Social Worker - Family Support & Protection Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a permanent full-time position available for a Social Worker within the Family Support & Protection Team to work in Harlow, Essex. Salary up to £43,839 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance.
• Assess family functioning, providing help and support when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or wellbeing of children at risk of abuse or neglect.
• Collaborate with other professionals, internally and externally, to help children, young people and families improve outcomes and gain control of their lives when safety to participate in their community is restricted.
• Carry out assessments or enquiries and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families, including intervention when there may be a need to remove a child from their parents or carers.
• Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate, a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents / carers where parents / carers cannot care for them.
• Make recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.
• Promote autonomy and development for individuals with complex social needs and those who are more vulnerable due to disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity.
• Maintain up-to-date, accurate records; participate in planning and decision-making forums (e.g., case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory reviews).
• Act as Practice Educator for social work students on practice placements or as Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing ASYE, as appropriate.
• Work with communities, families and individuals to maximise their personal strengths, social networks and resources.
• Hold a caseload of varying complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers as required.
• Contribute to organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying training needs and responding to feedback.
• Work as part of project or process teams as required under the operating model to ensure cross-functional output.

Requirements

Contact

This Social Worker is advertised by Stefan Garrett. If you are interested in this position, please click to apply now.

Note : Due to a high volume of applications, we are only able to respond to candidates who meet the client’s requirements.

Sanctuary Personnel is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in its recruitment processes.

Reasonable Adjustments : If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace, please indicate this at the earliest opportunity so we can provide appropriate support.

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