Safeguarding Social Worker

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking council committed to making a difference in social care. This role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment, where your professional skills will be valued. You'll engage in meaningful work that empowers individuals to live independently while ensuring their safety and dignity. With excellent career progression and access to continuous learning, this is a unique chance to be part of a team dedicated to improving lives in the community. Bring your passion and ideas to help shape the future of social care in Merton.

Benefits

Flexible working

Employee support

Wellbeing activities

Active staff networks

Qualifications

• Must hold a professional Social Work qualification and maintain registration with Social Work England.
• Experience in adult safeguarding, S42 enquiries, MSP, and the Care Act.

Responsibilities

• Triage safeguarding referrals and maintain safeguarding principles.
• Undertake safeguarding enquiries while empowering adults.

Skills

Empowering communication

Decision-making

Organizational skills

Professional curiosity

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Job description

We are looking for professionals who are committed to working with people in a person-centered and strength-based manner, ensuring that the safeguarding process is personal and meaningful.

You will be part of a team that triages safeguarding referrals, ensuring that Making Safeguarding Personal and Safeguarding Principles are maintained.

Professional curiosity is key to the role. The role requires you to undertake safeguarding enquiries while maintaining people's choice and control, empowering adults within a positive risk enablement and strengths-based approach.

About you:

To take on this exciting role, you must hold a professional Social Work qualification and have maintained professional registration with Social Work England, along with some post-qualifying practice experience.

You will have a thorough understanding, knowledge, and experience of working within the adult safeguarding arena, including S42 enquiries, MSP, and the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005)/DOLS.

You will also need to be:

• Empowering – communication through difficult conversations is key to the role.
• Confident – your decision-making whilst working within risk enablement must be sound.
• Organised – this is a pressurised, fast-paced environment with complex and changing priorities.

Social Care is special here

Come and work in a supportive environment at Merton Council, where you’ll do a social care role that matters in a place where you matter.

Our ‘social care roles/staff’ do important jobs, and we’re focused on looking after you so you can look after others.

Our people stay because we have a great culture, and staff tell us their colleagues are the best thing about working here.

You'll work in a great team with knowledgeable, supportive managers and lots of recognition and reward.

You'll support people to live well in Merton, to maintain their independence, stay at home, and improve their safety and quality of life.

Merton Council is focused on prevention, working closely with our partners to enable people to live fulfilling and meaningful lives in their homes for longer.

This could be through connecting people socially in their communities, adding adjustments such as handrails, or receiving care at home.

You are empowered to help people make the best decisions about their care.

Everyone deserves to live with dignity, and your role will change people's lives for the better every day.

We're here to help people live meaningful lives in Merton.

A career in social care at Merton Council

These are social work roles with great career progression and lots of learning and development opportunities.

You will have access to resources, platforms, and programmes including CareKnowledge, the Adult Social Care Development Academy, and the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership.

We have great transport links, including our tram, making it easy to commute from surrounding boroughs and central London in just 25 minutes.

Following a pay and benefits review, we now offer one of the most progressive packages in outer London. We offer flexible working, employee support, wellbeing activities, and active staff networks.

We’re a borough on the rise, with big plans for the future, and we want you to join us.

Bring your ideas, passion, and energy to help us put Merton on the map.

Find your future in Merton

Get more information about working in adult social care in Merton. [https://www.merton.gov.uk/jobs/adult-social-care]

Learn about our family-friendly and flexible benefits. [https://www.merton.gov.uk/jobs/working-us]