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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...

Social Worker - Adults  Discharge and Assessment Team Hospital DAT £, - £, pa plus £, Qualified Social Worker Market Supplement payment. About Us: The London Borough of Newham serves one of the most vibrant and culturally diverse communities in the UK where over different languages are spoken. This makes Newham an exciting and interesting place to work. Newham Adult Social Care provides support to adults and carers, who may, because of the effects of ill health or disability, need support to live safely and independently. Our vision is to support our community to remain independent and resilient. We strive to support our customers to make their own decisions, to feel safe and protected from harm, aspire to good health throughout their lives and make positive choices to maintain and improve their wellbeing. If you share this vision of social work practice, we want to hear from you. To help deliver our vision, we need experienced, self-motivated, innovative and creative social work...

QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKERS – CHILDREN’S SERVICESVARIOUS TEAMS/SERVICES£, - £,pa (includes £k market supplement)Hybrid, flexible working with maximum days at Newham Dockside, E QUClosing date: Please apply ASAP – interviews ASAP Candidates must hold a valid social work qualification and be registered to practise with Social Work England. Candidates need to have completed their ASYE or have equivalent levels of experience practising as a registered social worker.We Are Newham. We’re a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and bags of potential. We’re a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the support networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children and their families. Our social care services were rated to be , with leadership rated as OUTSTANDING, but we have not stopped striving to be better.Ofsted described Newham as having a positive culture of learning and...

About Us Richmond and Wandsworth Adult Social Services are looking for experienced, qualified Senior Social Workers to join our Wandsworth Locality teams.The teams consist of Locality Service Managers, Assistant Locality Managers, Senior Social Workers, Social Workers and Social Care Assessors who work across Wandsworth. The teams focus is to provide a holistic, personalised, strength based service to residents over the age of who have physical disabilities and older people with physical and mental health disabilities.The teams are currently going through a period of change as we come out of the pandemic so you will assist in supporting the team to explore new ways of working.Your duties will include:To facilitate service user choice and empowerment through promoting independence and strength-based practice to enable residents to maintain their independence and local community connections for as long as safely possibleTo assist with the management of budgets, ensuring that...

Job Summary: Salary range: £39,615 - £47,736 per annum (Pending pay award)Work location: LondonHours per week: 36Contract type: PermanentVetting requirements: Enhanced DBS CheckClosing date: 8th October 2023Interview date: 16th October 2023About Us: Provide high quality care and support to our residents with mental health problems. At the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we put local people and businesses at the heart of everything we do, working in partnership with them to provide quality services that are responsive, effective and efficient. Committed to acting with openness, honesty, compassion and humility, we aim to listen and understand in a way that is respectful, encourages involvement and meets the needs of all our communities.The Role: We offer a wide range of services to support our residents with mental health problems, and in this important role you’ll join the Mental health Placement review team in Adult Social Care that’s responsible for delivering...

Proud to work in Hackney – Our aspiration is for every child to grow up in a child-friendly borough and have the best start in lifeAre you an experienced, qualified social work professional who is keen to deliver, support and develop exceptional practice in a supportive and creative environment? If so then we want to hear from you.As a Senior Social Worker for Hackney’s Children and Families Services, you will be working at the forefront of best practice in a social work unit led by a Consultant Social Worker. You will be provided with high level administrative support by a Unit Coordinator. This supportive environment enables you to deliver high quality interventions to children and families. You will provide supervision to qualified social workers and support your Consultant Social Worker with the leadership and development of staff within your social work unit. We will help you to develop excellent social work practice, leading to career advancement at your own pace.Hackney is...

Senior Social Worker Job descriptionContract type: Permanent Location: Guildhall, London Why it is great working in The City of London. The City of London Corporation is the governing body of the Square Mile dedicated to a vibrant and thriving City, supporting a diverse and sustainable London within a globally successful UK. You will be in the centre of London and be able to see and enjoy iconic attractions including the Barbican Centre, hidden gems and explore green spaces both inside of and outside the Square Mile. Our team and how we work.We are a dynamic and highly motivated team going through exciting transformation, always seeking the best approaches, with a strong emphasis on quality and the best possible outcomes for our residents. We promote our residents’ individual aspirations, enhance independence and wellbeing, and maximise their autonomy by supporting them to live their lives in the way that they choose.We are committed to working in culturally appropriate ways and to...

Role Responsibilities:To engage with individuals, carers and families to assess and intervene, and using professional judgement, employ a range of interventions promoting choice, control and independence. They will ensure that as part of the assessment in accordance with s.9 and s13 or the Care Act 2014, NHS Continuing Healthcare is considered for all individuals, and where it is considered an individual has health care needs, a referral to the relevant health authority is made in a timely way. They will also assist with the duty function of the team as required, providing immediate professional guidance on urgent issues, arranging immediate support to manage risk in line with a personalised approach and escalating issues of concern to more senior staff. Learning Disabilities/ Mental Health social work staff working in Adult Social Care will be based within the specialist services function. They will be required to work flexibly and will be supported to do this with mobile IT...

Job overview The Adult Eating Disorders Service of South West London & St George’s NHS Trust is seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic full time Band RMN for a month fixed term contract or month secondment to join the Multi-Disciplinary team (MDT) within the Out-patient Local Service.The Eating Disorders Service offers a specialist mental health service to people aged years and older with a range of eating disorders. The service comprises of a Specialist Inpatient Ward which is a National Service, a Day Unit and Out-Patient Service that both offer a service to the population of Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth, Kingston and Richmond. You would be working as part of the Multi-disciplinary Out-patient Team comprising of Nurse practitioners, Doctors, Dietician, Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapist, Family Therapist, Occupational Therapist and Out-Reach Workers. Main duties of the job The role requires the post-holder to take supervised clinical responsibility for a...

From the City Fringe, Brick Lane and Whitechapel to Canary Wharf and the River it’s all happening here in Tower Hamlets. With its unique history, Tower Hamlets has an exceptionally vibrant and diverse community. Adult Social Care in Tower Hamlets offers you a variety of opportunities to steer your career in the direction you want to go. We are currently undertaking a huge programme of change to deliver quality standards of practice and are keen for new people to join us to help take this forward.We are a multi-disciplinary team, whose focus is on the care of adults aged 18-65 in the Isle of Dogs Neighborhood Mental Health Team area of Tower Hamlets who have severe and enduring mental health problems. The team provides early assessment, comprehensive programmes of treatment and continuing care for clients. The objective is to assist people with their recovery, reduce relapse of illness and admission to hospital, and to enable people to remain at home, thus improving their quality of...

Adults Social Worker London Borough of Newham Job Type: Full Time Salary Range: P-P - £, - £,pa plus Market Supplement of £, Teams: TBC Job Overview Newham is a diverse borough with a young and vibrant population. There are over , Adults in the borough, coming from all corners of the world and serves one of the most vibrant and culturally diverse communities in the UK where over different languages are spoken. This makes Newham an exciting and interesting place to work. Newham Adult Social Care services provides support to adults and carers, who may, because of the effects of ill health or disability, need support to live safely and independently. Our vision is to promote the wellbeing of people in Newham, making the best use of available resources to enable adults to live in the community independently and live safely, free from abuse and neglect. We strive to support our customers to make their own decisions, to feel safe and protected from harm, aspire to good health...

Social Worker and Senior Social Worker LBHF608598 Job Details:Salary range: £38,037 - £50,757 per annum (depending on experience) Work location: 145 King Street, London W6 9JT Hours per week: 36 Contract type: Permanent Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check Closing date: 8 October 2023 (vacancy may be closed earlier if sufficient number of applications are received) Advert Text: An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Family Support and Child Protection Service for Qualified Social Workers. Hammersmith & Fulham, rated nationally by Ofsted as one of the top Local Authorities, we never stop moving forward. Our ambition is to focus even more on increasing the quality of our practice and the work with children, young people, and families to sustain positive change. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision. One way in which we are achieving this ambition is through embedding systemic practice in everything we do and working alongside our onsite...

Job Details: We are seeking to appoint a Social Work Lecturer to join our growing Social Work Academic Group. Middlesex University is the academic partner for Think Ahead; a national, mental health social work programme and whilst the post will primarily be aligned with the Think Ahead programme, there will also be opportunities to contribute to programmes in the wider social work programmes being delivered including the BA/MA Social Work and CPD programmes. The Social Work Academic Group is part of the Department of Mental Health and Social Work which is an exciting, multidisciplinary group of academics, with three active research centres in the areas of addictions, co-production and transcultural health. The successful candidates will have a proven background in social work practice and academic qualifications at postgraduate level (normally masters or equivalent). You should be able to work collaboratively, and have some experience of delivering high quality teaching and...

Your Day-to-Day… You’ll be working 30 hours a week (4 days)Work in partnership with service users, their families and other stakeholders to assist with the recovery processForge links and maintain contact with other statutory agencies Lead on the social care needs of service usersEnsure that service users and their families/carers are aware of their legal rightsTake an active role in safeguarding within the multidisciplinary teamProvide written reports to the multidisciplinary team and other professionals You are… A Registered Social Worker with Social Worker EnglandA relevant Social Work qualificationExperienced in working within a mental health setting, or passionate about working in this fieldKnowledgeable of safeguarding, health & safety, data protection, confidentiality issues & equality & diversityAn excellent communicator with exceptional interpersonal skillsAble to work as part of a multidisciplinary teamSkilled in report writing with excellent literacy skills...

Proud to work in HackneyAs part of our journey to be Anti-Racist, in Hackney we want our workforce to represent the community we serve, that’s why we encourage applications from Black and Global Majority Ethnic backgrounds.Retention payments of £3000 per year are available for front line social workers in our Access and Assessment and Children in Need Services.Our aspiration is for every child to grow up in a child-friendly borough and have the best start in lifeOur refreshed Children’s Action Plan includes 7 ambitious future focused priorities for our service:– Proud to be Hackney– Proud to keep children safe and listen to Children and Families– Proud to work with partner agencies to keep children safe and to help children and families get the right support at the right time– Proud to work with partners to improve safety for children during adolescence in all contexts– Proud to be Anti Racist– Proud to promote a learning culture focused on outcomes for children, where great...

Working for Merton means you'll be making a difference to the lives of local residents and businesses. You'll also get the training and development you need to excel in your career, as well as opportunities to move between departments and to progress into more senior roles. We work closely with Kingston University as part of the Developing Together Work Teaching Partnership. The partnership offers to the staff variety of post qualifying opportunities to promote continuous professional development such as: Practice education opportunities as well as to support those in their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE). LB Merton, Adults Social Care staff are given opportunities attend conferences, workshops and have access to research and practice resources to support their ongoing professional development We currently have an exciting opportunity for a confident and skilled Assistant Team Manager within our Hospital to Home Social Work Team. Working as an Adult Social Care...

Job overview Are you passionate about working with adults with eating disorders and about social work? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you, to work part time as a social worker in the adult eating disorders service. We are seeking an experienced social worker, who is enthusiastic and committed to working with clients who experience severe eating disorders (some of whom may be difficult to engage). Main duties of the job The role will require good organisation and time-management skills, creative thinking/problem solving, as well as teamwork and passion. The postholder will have the ability to work with a high level of autonomy and manage their own workload, as well as offer supervision to other social workers. They will have experience of working with adults with mental health diagnoses, ideally eating disorders.The role will also require good knowledge of mental health and social care legislation, the ability to lead on Care Act assessments and referrals, safeguarding...

The roleFull time, 36 hours per week, Basic salary up to £45,381 per annum 28 days Holiday – rising to 36 days with continuous service There are few better feelings as a children’s social worker than knowing you have the backing of your colleagues to try new approaches that protect vulnerable children and young people. Here at Southwark, that’s the way we work: group supervision, close multi-agency relationships and senior-level visibility all come together to allow you to do things differently. Join us and you’ll find a career few can match for positive impact and progress. We are dedicated to high quality relationship-based social work, that is child-centred, family-minded, strengths and evidence-based, outcome-focused and fair. We are looking for outstanding social workers with a passion for direct work, and will support you with a comprehensive training and career progression offer, reflective group supervision, an in-house Clinical Service for advice and support, small teams...

The Role Do you see yourself promoting good practice in social work? Do you have a passion for working with and safeguarding Adolescents and young people at risk in the community? Would you like to join a council that promotes positive outcomes for children and gives you permission to work creatively and collaboratively? If yes, we have the perfect role for you! About you We are looking for two experienced creative and passionate Senior Social Workers to join our Adolescent social work team within the Specialist Families Services. We are recruiting permanent Senior Social Workers to play a central role in safeguarding young people at risk of Extra Familial Harm. Our vision Our values inspire our , which creates the context for our social workers to build relationships with families that bring about change to support children to live at home wherever possible. Coupled with our implementation of Family Safeguarding we believe we have the best practice conditions we’ve ever have to...

Your Day-to-Day… Supervise the Social Work Team, maintain and promote professional social work standards and provide professional leadership.Act as a Practice Educator to develop the knowledge, values and practice skills of student social workers and social workers in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)Provide expertise, and advice to others in order to ensure a safe, effective, high quality service that is compatible with relevant policies, procedures and protocols. You are… A Registered Social Worker with Social Work EnglandA relevant Social Work qualificationExperienced in working within a mental health setting, or passionate about working in this fieldKnowledgeable of safeguarding, health & safety, data protection, confidentiality issues & equality & diversityAn excellent communicator with exceptional interpersonal skillsAble to work as part of a multidisciplinary teamSkilled in report writing with excellent literacy skills and attention to detail...