Social Worker - Safeguarding - Norbiton - Sanctuary Personal

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

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £37,772 per annum.

• To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people, giving due consideration to their race, culture, religion, and linguistic background.
• To manage an agreed caseload of children and young people in compliance with casework objectives, statutory and departmental policy, and procedural requirements, consistently maintaining the highest level of professional standards.
• To undertake direct social work responsibilities as an allocated worker to the children and young people assigned, investigating concerns regarding a child or young person's safety or wellbeing, make an assessment of the risk and protective factors in the family and decide on the most appropriate course of action.
• To work to range of legal options to support investigation and protection and accommodation; if required give evidence in court; using contingency planning to anticipate complexity and changing circumstances.
• Complete longer-term work with families in order to meet identified need and improve outcomes.
• To ensure the provision of clear written reports to child protection conferences, reviews, planning meetings and any other purpose as required, ensuring good quality casework analysis and risk assessment is evident throughout.
• To ensure the planning and review of statutory work with children and young people is in accordance with statutory regulation and to produce written reports and other documentation for this purpose.
• Maintain and update case notes and other records, write reports as required; if required, give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
• To prepare and maintain case records and other casework information on the Integrated Children's System (ICS), in accordance with