Social Worker; Corporate Parenting

Walthamstow, Greater London, United Kingdom

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London Borough of Waltham Forest

Contract Type: Full-time/Permanent

Working hours per week:36

Final date to receive applications: 17/02/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference:2002

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

We're seeking dedicated, qualified, and experienced Social Workers to join our Corporate Parenting teams.

Corporate Parenting service is a place where you can realise yours. If you are a dedicated and creative social worker looking to make your mark in working with children in care, develop your career and improve the lives of children and their families, our forward-thinking Children’s Directorate should be your next career destination.

We are a supportive, focused, and inspirational service. Our shared purpose is to nurture independence and freedom of choice in our children, young people, and families, helping them to achieve the best possible outcomes. All our staff work together to build and maintain a centre of excellence and best practice. In return for your hard work, we will give you the time and active support you need to make a difference.

Promoting creativity is at the heart of our agenda to develop social work; you will be encouraged to share ideas, bring about positive change, and strive to continuously improve outcomes for our vulnerable children and young people.

• To undertake statutory social work with children who are Looked After, providing support, assessment of their ongoing and changing needs and interventions which will secure their welfare
• To undertake assessments of the needs of children, their families and formulate plans for those children in accordance with statutory responsibilities and departmental policies.
• Attend any Court hearings as appropriate and give evidence when necessary.
• To ensure timescales are met for Court reports and panel papers when necessary.
• To ensure each child has a detailed Care Plan which can be presented to Review, in consultation with the team manager.
• To promote placement stability and permanence for looked after children.
• To maximise the life chances of looked after children through education, health care and leisure opportunities.
• To ensure child protection procedures and processes are followed in relation to looked after children.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Proven social work experience/placement in children and families setting/minimum of one year’s post-qualifying experience
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of issues relating to children in need, child protection and looked-after children, including relevant legislation, guidance and procedures
• Experience of service delivery which is culturally sensitive and responsive to the needs of a multi-cultural community
• Able to prioritise and effectively work under pressure
• Managing a quality service by ensuring key performance indicators relating to service areas are met
• Ability to work well within a team and maintain clear and regular reporting lines to line manager and senior team members
• Display agile behaviours and understand change at any given moment and respond to it effectively
• Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, and to follow through on required actions
• Commitment to the participation of children, young people and their families both at an individual and service level
• In rare emergency situations,…