Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding Team Sanctuary Personal

Senior Social Worker – Safeguarding Team

Sanctuary Personnel has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Family Safeguarding Team to work Full Time based in Bracknell Forest.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £53,048 per annum.

• To work in partnership with other professionals and act as key liaison between social care and other agencies including health to provide an efficient service to service users and carers.
• To work with adult workers (domestic abuse, mental health & substance misuse workers), as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To work alongside other professionals within child in need, child protection plans, care proceedings and children looked after and manage a caseload.
• To manage and deliver the service in collaboration to ensure the provision of effective and comprehensive support to families and young people, having regard for the needs and expectations of families, partners and to those accessing the service.
• To coordinate a rapid response service for families where there is breakdown in family relationships and an immediate risk of a young person becoming looked after.
• Work closely with colleagues and other agencies, including first response teams to ensure that families receive appropriate support and achieve improved outcomes, and are referred to other services where appropriate.
• To make effective use of time and be able to prioritise workload, ensuring timeliness in visiting, report writing and other deadlines.
• To attend and prepare for regular supervision with your supervisor, utilise critical reflection to be able to set clear goals and intervention strategies.
• To monitor and evaluate demand and bring to the attention of the supervisor any resource shortfalls.
• To develop and maintain accurate case records and comply with the department’s policies, procedures and guidelines including data protection and GDPR.
• To promote listening to children at every opportunity, ensuring their views are heard, recorded and acted upon in an appropriate and timely manner.
• To ensure access to translation & interpretation services as necessary.
• To contribute to the development of services to children and families by attending and contributing positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services for children in need and in need of protection.

Requirements of this Senior Social Worker role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Equal Opportunities:
Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and is committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

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.