London Borough of Merton
London, UK
We are delighted to announce the continuation of the Social Workers in Schools project within Merton Children's Social Care!Following the success of the project over the past 2 years, Merton has committed to another academic year of social work support and intervention within secondary schools across the borough. The offer is now being extended to all of our secondary schools, and will focus on supporting schools to identify vulnerabilities early so that children, young people and families can be supported before reaching crisis point. Social Workers in Schools ProjectOur social workers are each based between 1-2 schools in Merton, and are supported by the schools to embed within their organisational culture. Social workers have a reduced caseload of statutory work in order to provide space to deliver a more holistic preventative offer. Social worker intervention spans across 3 areas: Team in and around the school - to support in signposting to and partnering with other agencies to...