Social Workers

About the Service

We have been recognised by the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2024 in the category of Supportive Social Work Employer and won the Gold Award. Our values inspire our Outstanding Practice Framework, which creates the context for you as a Social Worker in Wandsworth to build relationships with families that bring about change to support children to live at home wherever possible.

You will join multi‑agency teams offering the best practice conditions we have ever had to achieve the most positive outcomes for children and families.

You will have solid leadership from Ana Popovici and Rasheed Pendry, who have an exciting vision to transform our approaches to the most vulnerable in society. Our Children’s Social Work Service consists of the newly formed Family Help and Children We Care For services, a stable, knowledgeable and creative team. Social workers benefit from small teams, regular supervision and a caseload that allows them to spend time with children and young people building relationships and building on their strengths and those of their wider family network.

Your work will support children and their families through consistent relationships and skilled interventions rooted in systemic practice. You will co‑produce child and family assessments, build family‑led plans under the Child in Need and Child Protection frameworks, and work alongside co‑located Children’s Practitioners, Adult Mental Health Practitioners, Substance Misuse and Domestic Abuse Practitioners. You will also have access to in‑house family therapy and Social Care CAMHS teams, with opportunities for progression into management or practice specialist roles.

• Newly Qualified Social Workers (ASYE)
• Social Workers
• Senior Social Workers
• Consultant Social Workers
• Practice Specialist Social Workers
• Team Managers
• Service Managers

• Family Help
• Children Looked After
• Fostering
• Supporting Disabled Children

• You will be part of a small team with manageable caseloads.
• Business support is available for your team to work in collaboration with you.
• You will participate in various working groups within the service and across partnerships to champion best practice and influence positive outcomes for children and families.
• You will have access to an excellent training offer, including Systemic Training, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Practice and various reflective spaces to promote best practice.
• Access to great transport links.

• 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
• Flexible working
• A generous pension plan

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Council and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and appointment to these posts will be conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).