Senior Social Worker - Blackpool, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Personnel

Sanctuary Personnel

Verified Company

Blackpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Strengthening & Supporting Families to work full time based in Blackpool.

The salary for this permanent Senior Social worker is up to £45,857 per annum.

Main duties:

Ensure through effective leadership that partnership working with children and families is at the core of practice
Promote practice that builds effective relationships with children and families to understand their needs and views and ensure co production and participation is embedded in practice
To be able to communicate effectively in highly charged, complex or challenging circumstances and support staff to learn these skills within Early Help, Children in Need, Child Protection and Children in our Care and Court arenas
Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention, acting as a resource to others within the organisation, for example, AIM assessments, practice educator responsibilities
Support workers to develop expertise in a range of interventions for service users in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service, promoting use of evidence, research and theory to support practicein complex and changing circumstances
Make proactive use of own personal supervision to extend effective practice, reflection and carer development and to meet the objectives of Individual Performance Appraisal and promote this culture in the workforce
Provide reflective support to staff as relevant to the needs of the team, e.g. support staff induction, newly qualified social workers, students, as part of further learning identified through audits
Maintain accurate, up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with Blackpool Council, s policies and procedures
Model and embed effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, including positive risk taking approaches
Promote a learning environment by supporting the Practice Lead in developing and delivering learning circles and implementation of the Accreditation and Assessment process
Carry out all duties in accordance with the Council's Equal Opportunities Policy and other policies designed to protect employees and service users from harassment. It is the duty of the post holder not to act in an oppressive or discriminatory manner towardsemployees or service users. The post holder should respond to such practice or behaviour by challenging or reporting it

Requirements of this Senior Social Worker job:

A social work qualification or equivalent
Understanding of relevant legislation
Continual professional development
Social Work England registered

Contact:

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 throughoutthe process and into your work placement.