Advanced Social Worker

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Package Permanent, Full-time, 36 hours per week.

We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We live by five core values:
Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Join Hounslow’s Safeguarding and Support Team as an Advanced Social Work Practitioner, providing expert leadership on complex and high-risk cases while driving excellent outcomes for children and young people. You will act as a practice lead, mentoring and coaching colleagues, leading on a court work specialist area of practice, and supporting high-quality decision-making across the service. Working closely with managers and leadership teams, you will contribute to quality assurance, reflective supervision, service development, and the continuous improvement of safeguarding practice.

About The Team You’ll Be Working In

Safeguarding and Support team’s key purpose is to protect and promote the welfare of children and young people, ensuring they are safe and supported to thrive. The impact on children and families is life-changing helping families overcome challenges, reducing risk, and improving long-term outcomes for children.

Within the team, roles include Social Workers at different levels, Senior Practitioners who provide advanced expertise and mentoring, and Assistant Team Managers who oversee practice quality. You’ll report to an Assistant Team Manager and work closely with multi-disciplinary professionals to deliver high-quality safeguarding services for children and young people in Hounslow.

About You

We’re looking for someone who:

1. Has 3 years post-qualifying experience in Children's Social Care, with experience of managing complex child protection, pre proceedings, and court cases.

2. Demonstrates expert knowledge of relevant childcare legislation, statutory guidance, Public Law Outline (PLO) processes, and legal frameworks affecting children and families.

3. Is highly skilled in completing robust, analytical, and evidence-based assessments that support effective decision-making and withstand legal scrutiny.

4. Has extensive experience of preparing high-quality court statements, care plans, and reports, and presenting evidence confidently within court…