A Social Worker/ Senior Social Worker is required to join a Referral & Assessment Team based in Wandsworth.

The successful candidate may hold a caseload which could include children who have a multi-agency child protection plan, pre proceedings under the PLO and care proceedings.

Benefits of this Social Worker/ Senior Social Worker role include:

• £5,000 welcome payment
• £3,000 retention payment
• Performance Related Salary Progression scheme
• 31 days annual leave
• Pension Scheme
• Childcare vouchers,
• New technology scheme
• Interest-free loans on annual travel cards
• Discounts at many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments
• A wide range of developmental opportunities are also offered

Responsibilities of this Social Worker/ Senior Social Worker role include:

• Deliver a high-quality and responsive social work service
• Act as the lead professional in statutory cases – including child protection, care proceedings, and looked-after children – while undertaking the full range of social work tasks with children in need and their families
• Work collaboratively with allied health and social care practitioners, bringing together and coordinating the team around the child to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to safeguarding
• Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Review (APIR)

Essential requirements of this Social Worker/ Senior Social Worker role include:

• You will need a relevant social work qualification and Social Work England registration
• Legal right to work in the UK
• Qualified as a social worker 
• UK Driving License holder

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