Children's Social Worker Talent Pool

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking, award-winning team dedicated to transforming the lives of vulnerable children and families. As part of a stable and supportive environment, you will work alongside experienced professionals to deliver outstanding social work practice. Enjoy manageable caseloads, excellent training opportunities, and a culture that values diversity and inclusivity. This is an exceptional chance to make a meaningful impact in the community while advancing your career within a recognized supportive employer. If you are passionate about making a difference, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

£5,000 welcome bonus

£1,000 retention bonus every 2 years

Payment of Social Work England registration fee

40 days annual leave

Flexible working

Generous pension plan

Access to training programs

Supportive team environment

Business support for teams

Great transport links

Qualifications

• Experience in social work with a focus on child protection and family assessments.
• Knowledge of systemic practice and trauma-informed approaches.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with families to support children living at home.
• Co-produce assessments and family-led plans under relevant frameworks.

Skills

Social Work

Child Protection

Family Assessment

Systemic Practice

Trauma Informed Practice

Education

Social Work Degree

Post-Qualification Training

Tools

Child in Need Framework

Child Protection Framework

Job description

Children's Social Work Talent Pool
Various salary packages plus benefits
Permanent, Full Time (36 Hours)
Wandsworth
Ofsted Rating: ‘Good’
Benefits:

• £5,000 welcome bonus and £1,000 retention bonus (every 2 years of service) depending on service area.
• Payment of Social Work England registration fee.
• Plus more – view our Children’s Services offer here.

Are you an experienced or Newly Qualified Social Worker looking to work as part of a forward-thinking, stable and award-winning team? Join our talent pool today!

We have been recognised by the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2024 in the category of Supportive Social Work Employer and won the Gold Award.

About the Service

Our values inspire our Outstanding Practice Framework, which creates the context for you as a Social Worker in Wandsworth to build relationships with families that bring about change to support children to live at home wherever possible. You will join multi-agency teams offering the best practice conditions we’ve ever had to achieve the most positive outcomes for children and families. You will have solid and strong leadership in Ana Popovici and Rasheed Pendry, who have an exciting vision to transform our approaches to the most vulnerable in society.

Our Children’s Social Work Service consists of the newly formed Family Help and the Children We Care For services that have a stable, knowledgeable, and creative team. Social workers benefit from small teams, regular supervision, and a caseload that allows them to spend time with children and young people building relationships and building on their strengths and those of their wider family network. You will be a valued member of our team and encouraged to be a leader and champion of exemplary practice.

Our model aims to support children and their families through consistent relationships and skilled interventions, rooted in systemic practice. You will work with families to co-produce child and family assessments and build family-led plans under Child in Need and Child Protection frameworks, as well as in care proceedings.

Our social workers practice alongside co-located Children’s Practitioners, Adult Mental Health Practitioners, Substance Misuse, and Domestic Abuse Practitioners. We have in-house family therapy and Social Care CAMHS teams, as well as a range of opportunities for progression into management or practice specialist social work roles.

Please tell us the type of roles and teams you are interested in:

Roles

• Newly Qualified Social Workers (ASYE)
• Social Workers
• Senior Social Workers
• Practice Specialist Social Workers
• Team Managers
• Service Managers

Teams

• Family Help
• Fostering
• Supporting Disabled Children

How We Support You:

• You will be part of a small team with manageable caseloads.
• Have business support for your team who work in collaboration with you.
• You will be part of various working groups within the service and across the partnerships to champion areas of best practice and influence positive outcomes for children and families.
• You will have access to an excellent training offer for Social Workers ranging from Systemic Training, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Practice and various other reflective spaces to promote best practice.
• Access to great transport links.

If you are passionate about making a difference to children’s lives and want to join an organisation committed to outstanding, relationship-based social work practice, we want to hear from you. Upload your CV and choose the area you are interested in. The Service Managers review submitted CVs daily.

Please note, by uploading your CV you sign up to our talent pool and not a specific job advert. To view our current vacancies, please visit: jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

We look forward to receiving your application!

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.