Social Worker

Job Introduction

Families First in Greenwich | Royal Borough of Greenwich

Salary: Career Grade (ASYE SCP 29-30 | Consolidating SCP 32-35 | Proficient SCP 35-41)

Location: Royal Borough of Greenwich 

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Join us in delivering Families First in Greenwich

At Greenwich, we are reshaping how we work with children, young people and families through our Families First approach. We are bringing together multi-disciplinary expertise to provide earlier help, stronger relationships and better outcomes for children and families. We are looking for passionate and skilled Social Workers who share our commitment to keeping children safe, strengthening families and helping children thrive within their family and community networks whenever it is safe to do so. Whether you are building on your early career experience, or an experienced practitioner looking for your next challenge, we offer a supportive environment where professional development, reflective practice and relationship-based social work are at the heart of what we do. We are committed to helping social workers at every stage of their career develop their skills, grow their expertise and progress professionally.

 We are looking for practitioners who have completed their ASYE programme. 

About the role

As a Social Worker in Greenwich, you will:

•    Build meaningful relationships with children, young people and families.

•    Undertake high-quality assessments and develop child-centred plans that lead to positive change.

•    Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.

•    Work alongside families to identify strengths, reduce risks and improve outcomes.

•    Coordinate multi-agency support as a lead professional.

•    Ensure children's voices, wishes and experiences are central to all assessment, planning and decision making.

•    Support children to achieve permanence and stability without unnecessary delay.

•    Work effectively with wider family networks, foster carers, special guardians and adopters.

•    Prepare high-quality reports and represent the local authority in legal and statutory processes where required.

•    Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, reflection and professional development. 

What we're looking for

You will be:

•    A qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.

•    Have completed your ASYE programme.

•    Passionate about achieving positive outcomes for children and families.

•    Skilled in building strong relationships and engaging children and families in meaningful change.

•    Committed to strengths-based, anti-discriminatory and evidence-informed practice.

•    Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and partner agencies.•    Confident in assessment, analysis, planning and decision making.

•    Committed to your own professional development and reflective practice

Why Greenwich?

At Greenwich, we are investing in our workforce because we know great practice happens when social workers feel valued, supported and empowered. 

We offer:

•    A clear career progression pathway through to proficient practitioner.

•    High-quality supervision and reflective practice support.

•    Access to learning, coaching, shadowing and professional development opportunities.

•    A collaborative working culture that values innovation and continuous improvement.

•    Opportunities to influence and shape the development of Families First services.

•    A diverse and vibrant borough where you can make a real difference to children's lives. 

Our commitment 

We want every child in Greenwich to grow up safe, loved and able to fulfil their potential. If you are ambitious for children, committed to relationship-based practice and excited by the opportunity to be part of our Families First transformation, we would love to hear from you. Join Greenwich and help us build a Families First future for children and families.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.