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Advanced Social Worker – Children’s Court Team
Location: Jersey, Channel Islands
Contract: 12-month temporary agency contract
Hours: 37 hours per week
Pay Rate: Negotiable, outside IR35
Accommodation: Provided, with rental costs
Start Date: Immediate start available

Please note: Sanctuary Personnel does not offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the assignment.

Take the Next Step in Your Social Work Career in Jersey

Sanctuary Personnel is recruiting an experienced Advanced Social Worker to join a specialist Children’s Court Team in Jersey on an initial 12-month contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced children’s social worker with a strong background in statutory social care and complex care proceedings to take on a challenging, rewarding role within a dedicated service. The team will operate as a 12-month pilot, focusing on managing live care proceedings, delivering robust care planning and securing positive outcomes for vulnerable children and their families.

Based in Jersey, this opportunity offers the chance to develop your professional experience in a unique island setting while making a meaningful difference to children and families who require specialist support and safeguarding intervention.

Please note: This position requires relocation to Jersey for the duration of the contract. Accommodation will be arranged, and travel to and from the island at the beginning and end of the contract will be funded by the service.

Key Responsibilities

As an Advanced Social Worker within the Children’s Court Team, you will:

• Manage complex care proceedings: Take lead responsibility for cases from the initiation of proceedings through to their conclusion and the implementation of agreed care plans.
• Deliver high-quality assessments: Complete comprehensive, evidence-based parenting assessments, safeguarding assessments and risk assessments to inform decision-making.
• Prepare court documentation: Produce clear, accurate and high-quality court statements, reports and care plans that meet statutory and legal requirements.
• Provide expert court evidence: Lead on complex legal proceedings, presenting professional assessments and recommendations to support decisions about children's welfare.
• Develop effective care plans: Design and implement robust, child-centred care and intervention plans that promote safety, stability and positive outcomes.
• Champion best practice: Promote trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches and use motivational interviewing techniques when working with children and families.
• Coordinate multi-agency support: Work collaboratively with legal professionals, partner agencies and other practitioners to deliver effective safeguarding interventions.
• Undertake direct work: Engage with children, young people, parents and carers to understand their circumstances, assess needs and support informed decision-making.
• Manage risk and competing priorities: Make sound professional judgements in complex situations while ensuring statutory responsibilities and deadlines are met.
• Maintain professional standards: Demonstrate excellent practice, accurate case recording and a commitment to safeguarding, legislation and professional guidance.

Requirements

To be considered for this Advanced Social Worker position, you must have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification, such as a degree, diploma or equivalent.
• Current Social Work England registration.
• A minimum of five years' post-qualifying experience within Children's Social Care.
• Substantial experience managing complex statutory children's social care cases and care proceedings.
• Proven experience preparing court statements, reports and care plans, with the confidence to provide evidence in court.
• Experience undertaking direct work with children, young people and families within a statutory social work setting.
• Strong knowledge of child protection, safeguarding, risk assessment, care planning and relevant legislation.
• Highly developed assessment skills, including experience undertaking complex parenting assessments.
• Experience working effectively with multi-agency professionals and other key stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality, evidence-based reports.
• The ability to manage a demanding caseload, work autonomously and meet statutory timescales.
• A full, clean manual driving licence and willingness to travel across Jersey as required.
• An Enhanced DBS certificate, preferably registered with the DBS Update Service, or a willingness to obtain one.
• Willingness to complete the required registration with the Jersey Care Commission.

Desirable experience:

• Knowledge or practical application of the Family Safeguarding Model.
• Experience using ParentAssess, including parenting assessments undertaken together or separately.
• Experience undertaking Capacity to Protect assessments.
• Experience with trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to social work practice.

Contract Benefits and Practical Information

• 12-month temporary contract with an immediate start available.
• Negotiable hourly rate, with the assignment operating outside IR35.
• Accommodation provided for the duration of the contract.
• Travel to Jersey and return travel at the end of the contract included.
• The opportunity to gain valuable experience in a specialist Children's Court Team while enjoying the unique experience of working in Jersey.

Apply Today

If you are an experienced Children's Social Worker with substantial court experience and are looking for your next challenge, this Advanced Social Worker opportunity in Jersey could be an excellent fit.

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Expected hours: 37.0 per week

Benefits:

• Referral programme
• Relocation assistance

Experience:

• Children's Social Worker: 5 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• registration with Social Work England (required)
• full, clean manual driving licence (required)
• Enhanced DBS certificate (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person