Social Worker / Senior Social Worker - Best Interest Assessor - Sanctuary Personnel : Job Details

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company to the private and public sector has a permanent vacancy for a Social Worker / Senior Social Worker to take on a Best Interest Assessor role for Hillingdon Council.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker / Senior Social Worker job is £34,884 - £43,860 per annum.

We are recruiting accomplished Social Workers qualified as Best Interest Assessors, who are looking to develop their career in an innovative local authority, committed to realising potential. You will join Hillingdon Councils Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) Team within Adult Social Care, ensuring that residents deprived of their liberty are adequately safeguarded.

Hillingdon Council social work teams are innovative and exceptionally well run with fantastic leadership, as highlighted by the “Team Leader of the Year Award” at The Social Worker of the Year awards in 2021. As part of the social work service at Hillingdon Council you will deliver vital services with award winning teams in a stimulating and challenging environment.

Hillingdon have significant challenges, particularly with vulnerable children including those being trafficked into the UK.  As a port authority they have formed excellent partnerships with colleagues in Border Force, The Home Office as well as specialist Police Teams located at Britain's premier airport including SO15, Counter Terrorism. Social work in Hillingdon enables practitioners to work alongside key partners to help safeguard children at risk of modern-day slavery, exploitation or who may be vulnerable to radicalisation.  

Hillingdon Council understand the need to nurture and support staff, that’s why you will receive an excellent induction process when you join us, on the job support, access to a wide range of training and development as well as experienced managers who will support your work and career. There are many ways to develop both personally and professionally with a clear pathway for progression which may include leadership development programmes. You will be given every encouragement to reach your potential. Hillingdon Council recognise talented individuals and that’s why many of our managers within Social Care who started in lower level positions have progressed to senior management roles.

Benefits:

• Local government average salary pension scheme
• Free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
• A 36-hour week for all full-time staff
• Generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 25 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 28 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 36 days
• Career breaks
• Flexible working hours
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a Credit Union
• Access to a wide range of training and courses
• Discount on a variety of Adult Education courses run by the Council
• Payment of professional fees where these are required
• Discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
• Cycle purchase scheme
• Car sharing scheme
• 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses

Requirements of the Social Worker / Senior Social Worker:

• You will have recognised a Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
• Best Interest Assessor qualification.
• Experience working with Older Adults and/or people with disabilities.
• You will be innovative and creative with a willingness to explore new models of working to improve the outcomes for Hillingdon Councils service users.
• You will be a highly motivated individual who is able to build strong relationships to deliver the best possible outcomes for vulnerable people.

Contact:

This Social Worker / Senior Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.