Senior Social Worker

Senior Social Worker

• WORKING FOR A CHARITY

Service: Elderly Adults and their Families

Location: West Yorkshire

Hours: 37.5 per week

Permanent

Salary: Circa £40k + an excellent benefits package

Ashberry Recruitment are currently representing a Charity in Yorkshire, recruiting a Senior Social Worker working with Adults and their families.

The senior social worker will:

• Lead and manage the personal welfare team for the Yorkshire and North East region in order to provide a high quality, professional, outcomes focused service for former miners and their dependents.
• Ensure the effective management of casework across the team including case allocation and case management.
• Manage a small caseload of clients when necessary with a variety of needs, by carrying out high quality assessments, and providing a range of appropriate interventions in response to assessed needs of the clients e.g. welfare benefits advice, advocacy, emotional support and practical advice.
• Drive service performance and improvement, monitoring efficiency and effectiveness and taking action to address performance or practice issues should they arise.
• Support the team through supervision, appraisal, case reviews and observations.
• Act as safeguarding lead for the region, advising and supporting team members to take appropriate action with regards to the safeguarding of individuals, ensuring adherence to the organisations safeguarding policy.
• Manage the delivery of a range of interventions predominantly through a home visiting service, including welfare benefits advice, support with mobility, social isolation and financial issues etc.
• Keep updated with relevant legislation and good practice in the field and share such information across the team and wider organisation.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with other professionals and partner agencies to ensure integrated, holistic and multidisciplinary approach.

This is an Office based role in Pontefract with regular travel

Excellent benefits package includes:

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Generous pension
• Westfield Health
• Free onsite parking plus other benefits

Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on information available.
• Can work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency set ups.
• Possess knowledge of service needs.
• Competent IT skills and be able to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
• Can write clear, concise, and robust assessment/reports/files.
• Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises

Why Ashberry?

• Dedicated experienced consultant providing the ultimate support through your job search
• Friendly compliance team to guide you through the registration and placement process
• £250 Referral bonus

For more information on this position or similar roles please contact Carly on 01282 525510 or carlyanne@ashberryrecruitment.com