Senior Social Worker

Your new company
Hays Business Support are recruiting for a full-time Senior Refuge Practitioner to work for a Leicester based charity. This role is a temp to perm position to start ASAP. This is a full-time position, working 37 hours per week, Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm Friday 9am-4.30pm with the occasional evening and weekend work
Your new role
This role will require you to coordinate support services and a programme of activities in the city refuges and manage a team providing specialist housing advice and provide enhanced security measures as part of a wider package of care and support.

Other responsibilities will include:

• To be responsible for employee day-to-day supervision and professional development of staff, including the completion of supervision, case management supervision and appraisals
• To assist with recruitment and selection across the organisation
• To organise staff rotas to ensure the continuation of services, including periods of staff leave and/or absence.
• To ensure monitoring is up-to-date and submitted in line with funder requirements.
• To keep clear, accurate records and maintain confidential files on clients and their children in the refuge and dispersed accommodation
• To assist the senior management team in the collection of statistical and financial information for monitoring, auditing and quality assurance purposes.
• To support the administrative systems, and use them effectively, in providing high-quality services across the organisation
• To keep up to date with policy and practice in your area of work and undertake staff development and training relevant to the post.
• To facilitate and chair team meetings.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed, you must have experience working for a charity/non-profit organisation and have experience working with victims of domestic abuse. You must have experience of supervising and supporting staff and volunteers as well as working with vulnerable adults and children. Strong administrative and communication skills are essential. A full driving licence is required for this role.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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