Job Details:

Salary range: £42,912 - £52,269 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience 
Work location: 101 Orchardson Street, London, NW8 8EA
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check  
Closing date: 22 June 2026
Interview date: 2 and 3 July 2026  

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE POWER OF CREATIVE THERAPY

Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.

Mr J’s mental health had declined in which he was admitted to hospital. While he was being looked after we grew concerned about his personal care and lack of routine, and quickly realised that he needed social care support, to support his independence and help prepare him for a successful return to the community he loved.

He was assigned to Ms T, one of our experienced Mental Health Social Workers, who took a strengths-based, person-centred approach to his recovery. From their very first meetings, she built a strong rapport with Mr J and discovered he had a real passion for painting. She encouraged his creativity by providing art supplies and linking him with art therapy, helping him use his imagination and love of colour to manage his emotions and rediscover a genuine sense of purpose and fulfilment.

Working together, Ms T and Mr J developed a personalised plan for his discharge. This included re-establishing daily routines, building support networks, and engaging with a range of creative outlets. And so he could receive support and encouragement when he was back home, she also helped to connect him with a number of local art and mental health groups.

By the time he left hospital, Mr J felt much more positive, confident and hopeful about the future. His journey illustrates how our amazing Social Workers transform lives for the better, and focusing on a person’s creativity, strengths and connection to their community can make a world of difference to their mental health.

The Role:

As Placement Monitoring Officer, you too can make a powerful contribution. You’ll be joining Westminster Adult Social Services - Adult Care team. We’re a diverse, inclusive team with an incredible passion for our work. As part of our team, you’ll manage a caseload of adults with complex needs, regularly ensuring that their service plans are fit-for-purpose.

You will monitor the health and social care aspects of all Support Plans, ensuring that a good standard of care is being provided. Our service users are in residential placements, nursing homes and supported living facilities. We seek to respect their independence, dignity and privacy. To help us do this, you’ll establish relationships that promote trust and confidence. You’ll give each service user clear information about their rights, responsibilities and work with them to agree on a support plan with measurable outcomes that maximises their independence. You’ll carry out the following: holistic assessments, care checklists, and reviews into finances. Risk assessments will reflect a person’s capacity to make decisions and acknowledge that they have the right to take risks. If you’re ever concerned about abuse of a vulnerable adult (even if they are not allocated to you), you will undertake Safeguarding Adults Investigations and report this in line with policy.

As well as carrying out assessment, you’ll prescribe equipment, assistive technology and minor adaptions to maximize an individual’s independence.

Another aspect of your role will be liaising with Social Services to ensure that placements meet service specifications. And, when possible, you’ll work in partnership with family and carers, staying sensitive to how these relationships may be complex. To make the most of opportunities within the community, you may reach out to other service providers and the voluntary sector.

You’ll be working with culturally diverse clients with a number of different needs – including physical disabilities and mental health issues. The diversity within our own team we see as our collective strength. Join us and do rewarding work every day.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

To be suitable for the role, you’ll already be familiar with the legislation, statutory guidance and best practice that underpins social work and care for adults and health. You can take laws and official guidance and turn them into clear, workable policies and day‑to‑day practice.

At times, you’ve taken a leading role in multi-agency teams to ensure effective service delivery. You’re also experienced at managing budgets and competing priorities in a complex, controlled environment. You’ve constructed measures, metrics and performance indicators to shape and drive performance.

We’re looking for a highly experienced people manager, capable of working with staff and others to embed organisational values. Plus, you’ve worked diplomatically on a multi-disciplinary level.

You’re committed to Council policies in relation to Equal Opportunity, Customer Care and service delivery, and implement these in the way that you work.

You have a qualification in one of the following: Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Nursing.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.