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

The successful candidate will be working collaboratively with your colleagues across the service and the partnership to deliver a high-quality and responsive social work service in Referral and Assessment (RAS).

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:

• Bring together and co-ordinate the team around the child to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to APIR and safeguarding
• Establish and develop collaborative working with allied health and social care practitioners from children’s and adults’ services
• Promote and model effective working arrangements with schools, children’s centres and other settings
• Act as the lead professional in statutory cases that require a qualified social worker, including child protection, care proceedings and looked after children cases
• Undertake the full range of social work tasks with children in need and their families; 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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