Senior Social Worker

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within their Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Taplow, Maidenhead.

The Salary for this permanent job is up to £39,643.50 per annum.

Main Duties:

• Compiling comprehensive social history reports on all residents for including in the assessment process
• Making recommendations on the practice and development of social work within the unit to the Unit General Manager
• Participating in the delivery of the behavioural support and other treatment programmes
• Undertaking pre-admission resident assessments when requested
• Ensuring that all necessary patient benefit claim forms are completed in accordance with agreed Policies and Procedures
• Safeguarding training on a rota basis for new staff during admission
• Safeguarding lead for allocated ward
• Attending CP meetings, CIN meeting, Core group meetings, LAC reviews
• Consultation with LADO and attendance at ASV meetings
• Close liaison with external social care agencies
• Safeguarding reflective practice for staff
• Liaison with patients, parents and careers the MDT and external services around safeguarding concerns or incidents
• Always conforming to the Policies and Procedures of the Company, with regard to confidentiality, financial and administrative responsibilities, and treat patients, colleagues and visitors with dignity and respect at all times
• Undertake any other appropriate roles and responsibilities as requested and required

Requirements of the job:

• A degree in Social Work
• Knowledge of relevant legislation
• Experience of liaising with local authorities
• 2 years’ experience of being a Senior Social Worker
• Excellent understanding of safeguarding level 4

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer

Contact:

This Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Archie Rook; if you’re interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, sadly we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.

Global Healthcare Jobs 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.