We are pleased to announce that following our ILACS visit in 2024, Ealing was rated as Good by Ofsted. read the full report here
As part of our team, not only can you expect real progression opportunities for your career, you will be supported with compassionate, relational leadership to help you thrive and feel safe in your practice.
If you share our vision of ensuring the children of Ealing grow up happy and healthy, safe in their homes and communities with people who love them, be part of that story, that journey.
Be part of the positive!
Ealing’s Children’s Services our Brighter Futures practice model is informed by our values and brings together key ideas from relationship and trauma-informed research, theory and practice. We have a strong focus on relationships and purposeful partnership in our work. We aim to build empathic, respectful, and trusting relationships with each other and with the children and families we support to bring about positive change.
Ealing is one of the most vibrant, diverse communities in Britain – and a fantastic place to live and work. We are committed to practising social work in an anti-discriminatory way which is equitable, inclusive and values the diversity of those who access our services and our staff.
Ealing Council has a high rate of permanent staff, offers a wide range of training opportunities and a career progression scheme to promote and support staff development.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for ambitious, professional, conscientious social workers with differing levels of experience, to join our social care teams. You will have good communication skills and a good understanding of children and young people’s needs.
Our service is responsible for working with children 0-18 years old that are subjects of Child Protection Plans and Child in Need Support.
You will need:
Applications are welcome from social workers who have completed their ASYE year through to senior social workers, including experienced international social workers. We are happy to offer sponsorship to the right candidate.
Are you?
More than 360,000 people call Ealing home. Our seven towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell Northolt, Perivale and Southall - are diverse, vibrant and lively communities where over 170 languages are spoken. We will enable you to do the work you care deeply about, and our aim is to deliver the infrastructure that allows that to happen.
Ealing is a great place to come and develop your career. You will be supported in this by colleagues and managers who will provide you with the opportunities to grow, gain experience, confidence and become a reflective practitioner.
Ealing is a richly diverse borough and we benefit from close ties to our communities which enriches our work and continually improves our offer. We are alive to the pressures many of our families are facing and work creatively with families and partners to bring about changes which makes the work that much more energising.
We recognise that to recruit and retain the very best social workers and social care practitioners, we need to bring together all our learning and development opportunities into one place. That’s why we have launched the Ealing Social Care Academy. The academy helps our team connect, collaborate, and engage creatively with internal and external partners and service users.
Watch our film to hear about Ealing staff telling their career stories
More directly we can offer you:
Manageable caseloads
Clear career progression pathways
Opportunities to develop and experience different areas of work
Competitive remuneration packages
A hybrid approach to working that increases your work / life balance
If you want to find out about this opportunity, please contact our Recruitment lead, Caroline Horsley at: HorsleyC@ealing.gov.uk