Full Time

Social Worker – Children’s Services

Posted 3 weeks ago by Royal Borough of Greenwich
SE18 6HQ
£42,840 - £52,116 per year
Application ends: December 14, 2024
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Social Worker, Children’s Services (up to £52,116 per annum)

We value our Social Workers.  At Royal Greenwich, we offer the right support at the right time to our Social Workers, to ensure they have the necessary skills, experience and a supportive working environment to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families.

With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your social worker career.  Our generous benefits package includes:

Innovative and supportive working culture with emphasis on professional development and staff wellbeing and manageable caseload.
Generous annual leave allowance in addition to ‘rota days’ equating to an additional 10 days off per year
Flexible and hybrid working arrangements with good IT equipment
Small teams allowing more direct support and supervision time from your Team Leader
Ongoing professional development, including a minimum 50 hours protected professional development each year with our innovative Practice Academy
Excellent pension scheme
Essential car user free car parking (close to the workplace)
Excellent Social Worker career progression scheme, including support from a Professional Educator
Opportunity to attend different Staff Networks including Tackling Structural Racism, Future of Work or Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Reduced rate gym membership
Cycle to Work Scheme
GreenwichCard entitling you to discounts at local businesses.
Opportunities to join cross-sectional staff Task and Finish groups to improve practice and procedures
We have strong social work values and well embedded corporate parenting principles with a robust commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Our small teams mean that you will be supported with regular good quality supervision to manage your own caseloads; and our Senior Leaders are supportive, visible and approachable.

Consistently Rated Outstanding by Ofsted, we pride ourselves on having an innovative learning culture dedicated to improving outcomes for children, young people, care leavers and their families.

We are looking to recruit experienced, qualified social workers, who are registered with Social Work England, to join our stable and committed Children’s Services workforce.

Royal Greenwich is a great place to live and work. Benefiting from excellent transport links ranging from Crossrail to the Elizabeth line to the Uber boat, we’re one of the easiest boroughs to get to and navigate your way around.

Make a difference to our children’s futures, your future and ours.

Apply today.

Applications to this rolling advert are reviewed every 2 weeks and shortlisted applicants invited to interview.

When completing your application please indicate your areas of experience within social care and explain how these meet the requirements for this role.

Please see the supporting job documents for the person specification requirements for our Social Worker Level 1 and 2.