Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Team

The successful candidates will:

• Hold a Social Work qualification and have undertaken your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
• Social Work England registration
• Relevant experience to the role; ideally some experience in working directly in some capacity with children and young people with significant disabilities but if not then experience in safeguarding would be useful
• Be happy to work across two London Boroughs; the team are based in Chessington however cover the entirety of Richmond and Kingston boroughs
• Able to work in the office environment – we do offer a hybrid model of working
• Be a team player and actively participate in the team duty system, be supportive of colleagues and other professionals and have a positive attitude towards the work you are undertaking

Achieving for Children (AfC) is a community interest company (a not-for-profit social enterprise) created in 2014 by the Royal Borough of Kingston and the London Borough of Richmond to provide their children’s services. In 2017, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead joined AfC as our third owner.

We deliver the full range of children’s services for the three councils. Achieving for Children is a great place to work for those looking for a new challenge. Our offer to you includes:

• A role in an organisation that is supportive

• An induction offer that starts before you join and includes a welcome event on your first day of employment.

• 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after two years and 35 days after four years

• Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)

• Hybrid or mobile working and the technology and equipment to facilitate this

• Positions available in three of the most desirable boroughs in the south - discrete relocation packages are available for selected roles

• Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards

• Two days accredited Signs of Safety Foundation Training

• 12 protected Development Days each year for all staff

• Access to a huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership

• On occasions we are in the position to offer some additional financial payments for particularly hard to place roles in selected service areas of AfC.

If you would like to have an informal chat about working with us, please email recruitment@achievingforchildren.org.uk