It's an exciting time to join Merton's Children Services. As an outstanding authority Ofsted recognised, “ Excellent Services are delivered by skilled, experienced social workers and other frontline practitioners to provide sensitive and innovative child centred interventions…. staff in Children’s services are making a positive difference to enrich the daily lived experiences of children while making them safer”.
We are looking for experienced social workers to join our Family Support and Safeguarding Service.
£45,021 - £48,060 per annum plus Golden hello of £4,500 and market supplement of £2,000 per annum
We seek to build relationships with families in order to bring about sustainable change for children, young people and their families . We are determined to continuously improve our services by working in partnership to ensure that our work is high quality and effective.
Merton takes pride in being an inclusive and diverse borough. We are committed listening to feedback from children and families as well as feedback from partners and staff so that we can ensure that our work is of the highest quality and meets the needs of children and families.
As an experienced social worker you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with children and their family network to ensure children are safe and receive the support they need at the right time. We are committed to ensuring that Social Workers have a manageable workload to enable them to deliver best practice and ensure our service to children and families is of high quality and effective.
You will receive excellent support through reflective supervision and an enhanced training offer that supports our practice model which includes opportunities to develop skills around systemic practice, Signs of Safety, motivational interviewing, restorative and trauma informed practice.
To find out more about the role please contact Jo Ross Head of Family Support and Safeguarding - jo.ross@merton.gov.uk
Merton is an outer borough in southwest London. Suburban in character, the borough has three main town centres: Wimbledon, Mitcham, and Morden. We want our to be a great place for every child to grow up in order to give them the best start in life. To do this, we need the best social work talent working with us.
We offer a full range of employment benefits to ensure every member of staff feels valued and able to progress:
If you like the sound of working in Merton, or want to know more about a specific role, please do not hesitate to contact recruitment@merton.gov.uk