Senior Social Worker, Prevention Team on-Sea - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Prevention Team to work full time based in Southend.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker job is up to £52,413 per annum.

• Support the Team Manager to provide expert leadership, and professional guidance to a team of Social Workers & Social Care Assessors, encouraging effective teamwork and communication to ensure the team achieve their maximum contribution according to the corporate behaviours and values framework.
• Take a professional lead when required for Care Act Assessments and statutory reviews, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards safeguarding enquiries and Mental Capacity Act assessment/chairing best interest meetings.
• Act as exemplar for high-quality social work practice, leading through example in communication style, knowledge, values, and a person-centred approach.
• To provide regular, proactive, and positive supervision to Social Workers and Social Care Assessors according to Council policy.
• To promote excellence in social work in the team ensuring that people are adequately safeguarded, and positive outcomes are promoted.
• Support the team manager to encourage staff to become co-creators of change within the communities they serve and support the transformation of practice towards empowerment, strengths and asset-based community development.
• Promote critical reflection and active learning to ensure that the work environment is safe, responsive, flexible and emotionally capable.
• Ensure the delivery of a strengths-based, personalised service that is responsive to the needs of people, families, social and community networks.
• Work closely with all partners to ensure that there is effective coordination of interdependences including the management of and resolution of risk and other related matters.
• Support the Team Manager with developing community engagement and cohesion to effectively reduce adults and families who are experiencing isolation, loneliness, marginalisation, and disconnection.
• Create and support effective relationships with stakeholders who are crucial to creating a better Southend, including General Practitioner GPs, other primary care professionals, hospital staff and community leaders/groups relevant to the community.
• Support staff to develop their strengths, abilities and support them with their aspirations to ensure they feel valued, inspired and able to take on the complexities of practice.
• Support the Team Manager to ensure that robust quality & audit processes are firmly embedded within practice.
• Communicate effectively including accurate written reports, staff meetings, appropriately reporting concerns to senior managers and external stakeholders when required.

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young;

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.

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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