Social Worker

Salary range: Grade 11 - 14 (£48,519 - £57,150 p.a.)
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon

SOCIAL WORKER / ADVANCED SOCIAL WORKER - CHILDREN IN CARE (UNDER 16) TEAM

We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate, and child-focused Social Worker to join our Children in Care 0-16 Service.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a dynamic and dedicated team committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for children in our care. We pride ourselves on providing high-quality support to children and families while creating a positive and supportive environment for our staff.

With an average caseload of just 16 children, a highly supportive management team, and a well-established Systemic Practice model at the heart of our work, the Children in Care 0-16 Service offers a rewarding and nurturing place to develop your career. We foster a culture of collaboration, learning, and professional growth, ensuring practitioners feel valued, supported, and empowered to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people.

Join us and be part of a service where relationships matter, practice is valued, and children remain at the centre of everything we do.

Essential Requirements

Qualified Social Worker and up to date registered with Social Work England
Preferably having completed ASYE
Knowledge of national policy, strategy and developments regarding children’s social care, and areas that impact on children’s social care.
Experience of working with children in care and those who arrived unaccompanied in the UK is desirable. 
Knowledge of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards and procedures.
Able to maintain records that evidence our engagement with children and families, informs the quality assurance framework e.g., quantitative, qualitative and outcome information for the children and families, the views and experiences of children and families

Prior experience of working with children looked after is useful but not essential. You will however, be committed to high quality relational practice and have a natural ability in creating trusting relationships with children.
Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate good experience, knowledge and skills of ability to work in front line settings; being able to work with a complex and diverse range of needs and risks; and making effective and timely decisions including those in contextual safeguarding.
Candidates will need to demonstrate their ability to working positively with partner agencies and collaborative working relationships with children and their families.
Candidates will need to have good knowledge and understanding of legislative framework, relevant research and national developments, and policies relating to children’s social work and relevant to the role.