Senior Social Worker – Duty and Assessment Team
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker within the Duty & Assessment Team to work Full Time based in Northamptonshire.
The salary for this Senior Social Worker job is up to £46,704 per annum.
* Work independently to hold and effectively manage a more complex caseload, acknowledging and ensuring appropriate levels of responsibility commensurate with the individual's knowledge and skills.
* Work directly with children, young people, and families, involving all key family members and prioritizing children and young people's safety. Work using Signs of Safety methodology, which works collaboratively with families to empower them to find solutions whilst ensuring working within the policies, procedures of Children's Services, and regulatory standards.
* Carry out in-depth and ongoing family assessments of social need and risk to children, with particular focus on parental capacity and capacity to change.
* Recognize harm and risk indicators forms of harm to children relating to sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and neglect. Consider the possibility of Child Sexual Exploitation, grooming (on and offline), female genital mutilation, enforced marriage, and the range of adult behaviors which pose a risk to children, recognizing too the potential for children to be perpetrators of abuse.
Requirements of this Senior Social Worker job:
* A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Equal Opportunities: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.
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