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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position ava... Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adoption Team to work full time based in Bury, Greater Manchester.Location: Bury, Greater ManchesterWorking Hours: Part-time, 18.5 hours per weekContract: PermanentSalary: £16,511 - £17,872 per annumThe Council is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the well-being of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees to uphold this dedication. Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check via the Disclosure and Barring Service at the appropriate level.Benefits of the role: Convenient Parking: Complimentary car parking passProfessional Fee Coverage: Reimbursement of your Social Work England registration fees.Work-Life Balance: Flexible and adaptable working arrangements to encourage and help you to fulfil a healthy work-life balanceEducational Incentives: Receive a reward of up to £1000 upon successful completion of the practice educator program for social work studentsTraining and Development: Access to extensive training programsHealth and Fitness Benefits: Exclusive discounts on gym memberships and access to salary sacrifice schemesGenerous Leave Policy: Enjoy 26 days of annual leave, increasing to 31 days after 5 years of service. Additionally, you will receive an extra day of leave during the Christmas period. There is also an option to purchase up to 10 extra days of leave.Financial Security: Participation in a highly competitive local government pension scheme.Wellbeing Support: Comprehensive employee wellbeing support services. Main Duties as a Social Worker: Support for Birth Families: Work collaboratively with birth families experiencing difficulties to identify and address issues that may impact the safety and well-being of their children. Provide guidance and support to birth families to explore alternatives to removal, aiming to strengthen family relationships and improve the family’s circumstances before considering removal.Exploring Alternatives to Care: Offer and explore various support options and interventions to prevent children from entering the care system. This includes identifying and implementing community resources, family support services, and other preventive measures.Placement Decisions: Make informed decisions regarding the placement of siblings, considering whether they should be placed together or separately based on their individual needs, relationships, and best interests. Facilitate discussions and planning to ensure that sibling placements are managed thoughtfully and effectively.Assessment of Prospective Foster Carers: Conduct comprehensive assessments of individuals and families applying to become foster carers. This includes evaluating their suitability, skills, and readiness to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children in care. Use a variety of assessment tools and methods to ensure thorough evaluations.Training for Foster Carers: Develop and deliver training programs for prospective foster carers to prepare them for the challenges and responsibilities of fostering. This includes providing information on child development, trauma-informed care, and fostering regulations. Support ongoing learning and development for foster carers through workshops and training sessions.Matching Children with Adoptive Families: Work to match children with appropriate adoptive families, ensuring that the placements meet the child's needs and preferences as well as the family’s capabilities. Coordinate and facilitate introductions and interactions between children and prospective adoptive families to ensure a good fit.Preparation and Transition: Oversee the process of preparing children for placement with adoptive families, including coordinating logistics and providing emotional support to both the children and the adoptive families. Manage the transition process to ensure that it is smooth and supportive for the child.Contact and Post-Adoption Arrangements: Facilitate and make decisions about post-adoption contact arrangements with birth parents, siblings, and other family members. Ensure that these arrangements are in the best interest of the child and manage any practicalities involved. Provide support and guidance to families regarding contact arrangements and their implications.Support Throughout the Adoption Process: Offer comprehensive support to all parties involved in the adoption process, including adopted children, adoptive parents, and birth families. Provide emotional, practical, and informational support to address their needs and concerns. Act as a liaison between various stakeholders to ensure effective communication and resolution of any issues that arise.Collaboration with Legal Department: Work closely with the legal department to navigate the legal aspects of the adoption process. This includes preparing necessary documentation, attending court proceedings, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements. Collaborate with legal professionals to address any legal issues related to adoption and provide expert input on case matters. Key Requirements for this role: Possess a degree in Social Work (such as CQSW, CSS, DiPSW, or an equivalent qualification).Must be registered with Social Work England.Comprehensive knowledge of the Children Act 1989.Thorough understanding of the developmental stages of children and adolescents.Proven ability to conduct detailed analyses and produce high-quality written reports. Contact:This Social Worker job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.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.JOB-20241107-791d94d2

JOB-20241107-791d94d2 Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new... JOB-20241107-791d94d2 Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adoption Team to work full time based in Surrey. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £42,246 per annum. Main duties: 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.Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety or ability to participate in their community is restricted.Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest 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.Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, for example, working with people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or diminished capacity.Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews.Act as a Practice Educator for social work qualifying course students on practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their ASYE.Working with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.Hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers, as and when required.Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development activity and responding to feedback on performance.Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross functional output. Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job: A social Work Qualification or equivalent.Understanding of relevant legislation.Continual professional development.Social Work England registered. Contact: This Supervising 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.

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position ava... Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adoption Team to work part time based inNorthampton. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £36,597 per annum. Main duties: Carry out initial, Core and other specialised assessments as per national guidelines and within prescribed timescales in order to formulate support plans for service users and co-ordinate their implementation or refer the case to the appropriate service area for support to child/family.Manage cases varying in complexity, organise packages of support to service users, assess levels of risk to their health and wellbeing and, in conjunction with them and their families/carers, monitor and review their situations so that support can be adjusted as appropriate to their needs.Work directly with family members providing advice and guidance. Work to empower service users, promote their participation in planning and evaluation of services to increase their levels of self-sufficiency, competence and to facilitate independence from social service assistance.Liaise with and take a professional lead in involving appropriate staff and agencies and cases and arrange for contact as necessary to meet the needs of service users and within the remit of the County Council. Take initiative in establishing resource, for instance, group work programmes and specialist counselling to meet the needs of service users.Attend and participate in multi-disciplinary teams and meetings, planning reviews with colleagues and relevant professional staff to assist and analyse the needs of service users and to plan care programmes in accordance with those needs.Ensure all information and reports relevant to work carried out is recorded, updated and completed in an efficient and timely manner and according to Directorate/legislative policies and procedures so that decisions made and acted upon are fully evidenced and provide sufficiently for audit, court or any other legitimate purpose.Give written/verbal evidence in court/adoption/fostering panels when required to do so, carry out all necessary planning and assessments related to proceedings in conjunction with relevant professionals, and provide and deliver evidence to support decisions and recommendations made by social services to safeguard children at risk.Implement actions agreed by the courts to ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users within the specified timeframe. This could be instant removal of children from their home and placement in an appropriate care or foster home or less immediate actions to secure their wellbeing and to link colleagues in other agencies to enable successful partnership working within a climate of mutual respect.Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.This job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identified a level of responsibility at which they will be required to work. In the interests of effective working, the major tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing needs and circumstances. Such reviews and any consequential changes will be carried out in consultation with the post holder. Requirements of this Social Worker job: A social Work Qualification or equivalent.Understanding of relevant legislation.Continual professional development.Social Work England registered.Experience of management within children’s social care. Contact: This Social Worker 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.  

JOB-20241107-791d94d2  Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new... JOB-20241107-791d94d2  Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adoption Team to work full time based in Medway. The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is packaged up to £41,567 per annum. Main duties: 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.Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety or ability to participate in their community is restricted.Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest 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 the parents/carers cannot care for them.Accountable for making recommendations about whether a case has reached the threshold for statutory intervention.Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, for example, working with people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or diminished capacity.Maintain up to date, accurate and high quality records of activity on cases. Participate in a range of planning and decision making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews.Act as Practice Educators for social work qualifying course students on practice placements (as appropriate) or Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers Completing their ASYE.Working with communities, families and individuals to maximise or promote their personal strengths, social networks and resources.Hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff, students and newly qualified social workers, as and when required.Contribute to development of organisational capability by taking ownership of your own training and development, including identifying and taking part in training and development activity and responding to feedback on performance.Work as part of project or process teams as required under the new operating model, ensuring excellent cross functional output. Requirements of this Social Worker job: A social Work Qualification or equivalent.Understanding of relevant legislation.Continual professional development.Social Work England registered. Contact: This Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.