1021 social worker jobs found in London

Are you an experienced Senior Social Worker looking for a new opportunity in Ealing? We have vacancies offering competitive pay and flexible working arrangements. Join our dedicated team and make a meaningful difference in our community. Position: Senior Social Worker (SSW) Location: Ealing Pay: £38.50 per hour Office Requirement: 1 day per week Duty Requirement: 1 week in every 5 Key Responsibilities: * Manage a caseload, delivering high-quality social work services. * Working collaboratively with other professionals/agencies to meet the identified needs of children, young people and their families including the MASH Service, Police and Education Services * Attending to Section 47 enquiries * Attend the office for 1 day each week. * Participate in a duty rota, covering one week in every five. * Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support and safeguard vulnerable individuals. Requirements: * Qualified Social Worker with relevant experience. *...

Band 6 Social Worker - South London - 3 month Contract  We are searching for a caring and compassionate Social Worker, to join our clients Intervention Team. Have we found one in you? We are looking for the very best Social Worker to work with our client. If you are looking for your next challenge, congratulations! You have just found it! Here are the key details: Job Title: Social Worker - Intervention Team Location: South London Duration: 3-month contract  Schedule: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Start Date: ASAP Rate of pay: £25 - £27 p/h How to apply: If this job sounds perfect for you, please call me on (phone number removed). You could also send your CV to (url removed) to find out more about other Mental Health Nursing roles we have available. Not available for this position? Recommend a friend or colleague! We operate a simple and transparent scheme – we pay you £250 for a successful placement (qualifying period applies). A Day in the Life of a Social...

About the Role: We are seeking a skilled and motivated Assessment Social Worker to join our vibrant team. You will play a key role in assessing the needs and risks of children and families at the front door of our services, ensuring swift, evidence-based decisions are made to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate social worker who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children. Key Responsibilities: * Undertake comprehensive assessments of children and families to identify risks, strengths, and needs. * Work collaboratively with families and multi-agency professionals to develop tailored plans for support and intervention. * Ensure all assessments are completed in a timely manner, adhering to statutory guidelines and best practice standards. * Make clear, informed recommendations for the next steps in cases, including Child in Need, Child...

Qualified Social Worker – Assessment and Safeguarding – North London Role:  Qualified Social Worker   Location:  North London Team: Assessment and Safeguarding Pay:  up to £32 per hour Contract: Full-Time Locum In the office: Hybrid Are you a dedicated and qualified Social Worker looking for a new challenge? We are working with a local authority in North London that is seeking passionate professionals to join their dynamic Assessment & Safeguarding Team. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families while working in a supportive environment. Key Responsibilities: Undertake thorough assessments of children and families in need of support and protection. Develop and implement effective safeguarding plans. Work closely with multi-agency teams to ensure the safety and well-being of children at risk. Maintain accurate and timely case records in line with statutory requirements. Attend court proceedings...

Tripod wishes to speak to Qualified Social workers with Adults experience in CHC. £36p/h Hybrid working West London We are looking to recruit two Social Workers, who will specialise in assessing/supporting users who may be eligible for Continuing health care funding. In this role you will work closely within operational social work teams, as well as the internal CHC team and the local ICB; experience of assessing under the Care Act and working in an Multi Disciplinary Team setting is essential. Specific requirements for this role include: • Having a good working understanding of the CHC national guidance and framework • Ability to gather, analyse, and present health and social care needs • Acting as a source of information and providing advice to colleagues on CHC procedures • Contributing to the development of CHC knowledge across the department • Ability to work in a person-centred and strengths-based way to residents • Ability to work within agreed timeframes and manage a...

Role: Social Work Assistant/Newly Qualified Social Worker Location: London To work with the person and other professionals as necessary in order to facilitate the stated functions. This includes the undertaking of duty activities and proportionate assessments, safeguarding initial contacts and investigation, the onward referral to community teams for support provision as well as signposting and the provision of information and advice. Responsible to the Team Manager and Senior Practitioners. To ensure that all related administrative functions are undertaken. Key competencies required: * Engage with individuals, carers, families, groups and communities to assess and intervene preventatively using your knowledge and skills, and develop person-led Support Plans to meet the needs of individuals that promote choice, control and independence. * Be able to use a strength-based approach to assessment to support individuals to identify and develop their support networks and...

Qualified Social Worker - QSW - Adults - Transitions - Merten - 30ph Mbi Medical are pleased to be working with the London borough of Merten. They are currently on the look out for a Qualified Social Worker to join there Access & Assesment Team. - The person appointed to this post will be a member of a Community or Hospital based Social Work Team and will be contributing towards the maintenance of high quality services and the promotion of independence of service users and their carers by assessing, support planning, monitoring and reviewing their needs and service provision in accordance with Merton’s eligibility criteria. This will include arranging domiciliary packages of care and care home placements. Daily Duties - Progress cases of service users from Children Services to Adult Services - Work jointly with Special Education Needs Co-ordinators re: funding matters in cases where joint funding is required - Work jointly with Health services within the integrated Community...

SW Locums require an Experienced social worker for a rare opportunity has arisen within Westminster’s ‘Outstanding’ Access Team. The Team is the first point of contact for safeguarding referrals regarding children. The Access Team provides a quick and effective safeguarding response to referrals of concern for children within Westminster. Informed by their practice framework, which is systemic social work, the service works to provide a holistic response to children, young people and their families, ensuring we meet the needs of our community and respect family life. In terms of qualifications, you’ll need a recognised social work qualification and registration with Social Work England We adopt a child focused approach to our work to help us to have a better understanding of a child’s lived experience so we can make sure families get the right level of support. The Team consider every contact to be a potential for intervention and change. You will be talking to families and...

SW locums are looking for 2 social workers who have experience of working in Adult social care, Care Act and support planning. The role will be to carry out initial assessments, so we need candidates who enjoy short term and fast paced work. The role will involve home visits so we need people who feel comfortable with client facing work. Applicants MUST HOLD: * Recognised Degree pass in Social Work i.e. DipSW, CeetSW etc. * Social Work England Registration * Good all round knowledge of Adult Services including Mental Capacity and Care Act * Minimum of 2years UK post Qualified experience in an Adults Setting * Right to work in the UK SW Locums will provide you with: * Constant support with your own, vastly experienced and knowledgeable consultant. * No “waffle” straight talking, conscientious and informed advice. * Fastest and accurate payments available. * Contact available 24/7. * Access to exclusive vacancies nationwide. * Free DBS and compliance service....

Qualified Social Worker - Lambeth - £30ph Mbi Medical are pleased to be working with the London Borough of Lambeth. We are on the look out for a Qualified Social Worker. What You Will Do - To promote positive change in people’s lives by using social work methods, models and tools, with the aims of helping them to be as independent as possible and to manage risks of abuse and neglect - To make professional judgements in the context of the relevant legal and policy frameworks - To work with people to carry out assessments of their needs for care and support, to plan how those needs will be met, to support them with putting those plans in to action, and review those plans and reassess needs - To carry out adult safeguarding enquiries, support the work of others involved in these enquiries, and to support people with care and support needs to develop and put in to action safeguarding plans appropriate to their wishes and circumstances

SW Locums are looking to recruit the services of a Qualified Social Worker with previous UK experience of working within Children's services within a Children Looked After Service. The current average caseload is 16 cases Excellent transport link Hybrid working Very stable and supportive Senior Management Team who offer regular supervision meetings. Free CPD training on offer too. Hybrid working model with 2 days per week minimum onsite (office) Candidates must demonstrate a minimum of 3 years’ post-ASYE experience to qualify for appointments as agency social workers Opportunity for career development across various services Resources like Contextual safeguarding teams, Court teams, Early help services and loads of community-based organisations that the client partner with Very exciting and vibrant work community with numerous groups like Choir, yoga, grief and bereavement support, bike safety scheme. At SW Locums you will benefit from: * Constant support with your own,...

SW Locums need the services of a Qualified Social Worker holding Social Work England Registration to work in the Children and Family Family Support and Child Protection Team in Lambeth. You must hold a current enhanced DBS Issued within the past 12 months or be registered with the DBS Update Service and hold current valid right to work in the UK. Applicants MUST be able to attend the office at least twice a week With SW Locums you can rely on: * Fastest pay available, from completion of timesheet to reaching your bank. * Constant, polite support with your own, vastly experienced and knowledgeable consultant. * Great rates of pay. * No “waffle”, informative and conscientious advice. * Contact available 24/7. * Access to exclusive vacancies nationwide. * Free DBS and compliance service. * Access to on-going training opportunities. * Industry leading “Refer a Friend” recommendation scheme offering up to £300 for successfully placed referrals.* *...

SW Locums are looking for a Senior Social Worker for the CAT Team in Lambeth. Candidates must demonstrate a minimum of 2 years’ post-ASYE experience to qualify for appointments as agency social workers and must have substantial experience in the UK within a similar statutory setting. London pledge capped rate £37 Ltd - Max rate £40 - depending on experience Main purpose of post * To implement positive change in complex cases in children, families and carers lives by using systemic social work methods, models and tools, with the aims of helping them to be as independent as possible. * To also manage and minimise risks of abuse and neglect as well as meeting care needs while exercising a high quality of professional judgement. * To lead and oversee professional judgements in the context of the relevant legal and policy frameworks. * To undertake and advise on high need comprehensive/complex and proportionate assessments of children using the assessment framework, to...

SW Locums are on the hunt for a UK Experienced, Qualified Social Worker for a School based social worker in role in a Lambeth Secondary school. The school social worker should be conducting statutory social work as a focus of their work, holding cases and working with children and families from their link school. They will also offer a number of interventions to support pupil and families to prevent cases escalating to statutory threshold. The social worker will undertake a combination of statutory work and preventive work within the school. Duties: • Provide advice on threshold for MARF referrals • Undertake Child Protection investigations • Undertake CIN/CP and LAC work • Can provide groupwork for vulnerable pupils • Can provide targeted work with pupils and their parents when threshold for statutory intervention is not required • Can provide groupwork for parents • Provide training for school staff • Work with vulnerable pupils to reduce exclusions • Working with partner...

SW Locums need a compassionate and highly versatile, Qualified Social Worker with at least 5 years post qualified UK experience, preferably in a statutory setting. The role will be supporting families arriving from Ukraine and carry out safeguarding assessments You must be capable of being able to triage Safeguarding alerts effectively and refer families to commissioned service provides as appropriate. Duties: To undertake and devise in-depth and robust assessments, care planning and reviewing activity and formulate recommendations for support plans. This will include: 1. 1. Able to have multiple ideas and taken on board the positions of others in order to deliver interventions. 2. Contributing to work across networks, communities and agencies 3. Influencing change in the lives of children, families and carers through relationship-based work 4. Practice that is demonstrably evidence-informed 5. Work that evidences sound decision-making,...

Role: Social Work Assistant/Newly Qualified Social Worker Location: London To work with the person and other professionals as necessary in order to facilitate the stated functions. This includes the undertaking of duty activities and proportionate assessments, safeguarding initial contacts and investigation, the onward referral to community teams for support provision as well as signposting and the provision of information and advice. Responsible to the Team Manager and Senior Practitioners. To ensure that all related administrative functions are undertaken. Key competencies required: * Engage with individuals, carers, families, groups and communities to assess and intervene preventatively using your knowledge and skills, and develop person-led Support Plans to meet the needs of individuals that promote choice, control and independence. * Be able to use a strength-based approach to assessment to support individuals to identify and develop their support networks and consider...

Social Worker - Safeguarding & Family Support - Islington - £27ph mbi Medical are pleased to be working with London Borough of Islington Council, who are currently on the look out for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Safeguarding and Family team. The Role Our vision for the service is that children and young people are safe, can overcome difficulties and can form secure relationships through their childhood and into their adulthood. As a Child and Family Social Worker you will be responsible for working with children in need of help and protection or looked after children and care-leavers, whilst maintaining the focus on safeguarding. You will work directly with the child or young person and their family or carer to build empathic, purposeful relationships that facilitate meaningful and sustainable change, as well as stability in placement and permanency for children. You will share and exercise the organisational practice ethos which places Motivational Practice...

Senior Social Worker - Islington - £45ph mbi Medical are pleased to be working with the London Borough of Islington in sourcing a Senior Social Worker to join their team. The Role To provide and coordinate an emergency social work service to children and their families in Islington. To provide and coordinate an emergency Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) service to Islington residents with Mental Health needs. To provide and coordinate an emergency social work service to Islington residents with Community Care needs. Working alone, to undertake risk assessments and make evidence-based decisions about Social Services response to the needs of service users, and carers in complex and high risk situations. Taking responsibility for being the first point of contact for Social Work and other emergencies out of hours, triage and make managerial decisions about whether issues should be treated as an emergency or redirected to daytime or other services RQ(phone number removed)

SW Locums need the services of a Qualified Social Worker to work in the Adults - ASC Response Team within Adult Social Care in the LB of Islington, located near Kings Cross Station. We are seeking a highly motivated, well organised and skilled social work practitioner to be part of this fast paced service. You will be welcomed into a supportive, friendly and high achieving service based at Calshot Street. Current experience of working with the LAS database will be a definite advantage. You will receive excellent support from this well established team with regular supervision and a manageable caseload. You will be carrying out the full spectrum of statutory responsibilities under the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and other related law and policy. You will be expected to carry out your role in a strengths based way, to a high quality, and always seeking to reflect on and continually improve your practice. You will be fully committed to working in partnership with residents,...

SW Locums require a UK experienced Social Worker to work within Children's Services in Islington. The role is a long term temp position working 35 hours per week. You must hold right to work in the UK and registration with Social Work England. Your role will be to ensure children and young people are safe, can overcome difficulties and can form secure relationships through their childhood and into their adulthood. As a Child and Family Social Worker you will be responsible for working with children in need of help and protection or looked after children and care-leavers, whilst maintaining the focus on safeguarding. You will work directly with the child or young person and their family or carer to build empathic, purposeful relationships that facilitate meaningful and sustainable change, as well as stability in placement and permanency for children. You will share and exercise the organisational practice ethos which places Motivational Practice and trauma-informed practice at...