Children's Social Workers and Senior Social WorkersSupporting Disabled Children ServiceUp to £47,082 per annum plus a £5,000 welcome bonus* and benefitsPermanentFull Time (36 hours)WandsworthOfsted Rating: ‘Good’
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker to work in one of the Supporting Disabled Children Teams within the Supporting Disabled Children Service.
The team covers the range of children’s social work with disabled children and their families, including assessments, working with children who have child in need and child protection plans, children subject to pre proceedings under the PLO, care proceedings, court of protection and those who are looked after by the Local Authority.
You will be a passionate and driven social worker who is looking to develop further your experience in practice with disabled children and their families.
You will be innovative and creative in your approach to delivering services to disabled children and families and be able to work closely with your team and manager including multi-agency partners to provide a service that meets each child’s needs.
Our vision
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. Coupled with the implementation of Family Safeguarding you will join the best practice conditions we’ve ever had to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and families. You will have incredibly sound, 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.
About the role
You will be responsible for delivering a high-quality and responsive social work service. Acting as lead professional in your work with disabled children and their families subject to child in need and child protection plans. You will work with families that are involved in care proceedings, the court of protection and with looked-after children.
It's a role that will see you work collaboratively with allied professionals both through external partner agencies and with the internal domestic abuse, mental health, substance misuse and social care practitioners, bringing together and coordinating the team around the child to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to safeguarding and developing creative care packages for disabled children.
You will share our values and want to make a difference for children and their families, empower families and show compassion and empathy while respecting and promoting the rights of children and families in Wandsworth. You will be prepared to be accountable for achieving the best possible outcomes so that children have the highest standards of provision.
About the service
When you join our Supporting Disabled Children Service you will:
We are investing massively in all our staff, our leaders as well partners to enable us to make our engagement with families and communities in Wandsworth a success. We passionately believe that if we invest in new ways of thinking and working, you'll have everything you need to do the job you trained for.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
If you can see yourself promoting good practice in social work and would like the opportunity to shape and develop the lives of disabled children and their families, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
Contact details
For an informal discussion about the role please contact:Liisa Jordan, Service Manager – Liisa.Jordan@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk Closing Date: Sunday 18th August 2024Shortlisting Date: Week commencing 19th August 2024Interview Date: Week commencing 26th August 2024
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils 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 expects 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.
*The welcome bonus is paid in two instalments: the first £2,500 after 6 months on successful completion of your probation period and the second £2,500 after 12 months of employment.
Please refer to the Job Profile on the original careers page for the person specification.
Our social workers are at the heart of our success, and we’re looking for Social Workers who share and are excited by our vision. Come and be part of our success.
All children and families deserve an outstanding level of practice, let’s work together to provide them with the very best.
Our shared vision and values to improve outcomes for children and families will drive practice. Our outstanding practice framework will support us collectively to do that. We want to apply solutions to complex problems in the simplest way. Having a robust practice framework will enable a shared language, understanding and value base from which we can all work creatively with children and families to achieve the best outcomes for them.
We know that to recruit passionate, dedicated social workers - where there’s simply more demand than the available resource - we must show our appreciation in more tangible ways. That's why we have put together an attractive package for all our social workers.
In return for your skills, knowledge and experience, you will receive an appropriate starting salary and a friendly, kind, positive and supportive working culture.
We also offer:
Performance related salary progression scheme
32 days annual leave to all employees plus bank holidays
Relocation package for experienced social workers moving to London
Manageable caseloads
Agile and flexible working arrangements
Professional development and CPD opportunities
Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
Refer a friend scheme
Welcome payments and retention bonuses for harder to recruit to areas of our services
Social Work Career Pathway Framework
If you have any questions about applying for this role, please get in touch with Simi Sabo on simi.sabo@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk