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Inspired by the idea of returning to your career in Social Work?

If you were previously a registered Social Worker and you’ve ever thought about returning to practice, now is the time to do it.

We understand that during the course of your career, you may not practise your profession for a period of time. This may be for many reasons, which could include parental leave, extended travel, caring responsibilities or illness. We are pleased to be able to offer the opportunity for you to return to practice within our Wandsworth Locality teams.

To return to the register, Social Work England requires you to carry out a period of updating which includes a combination of private study, formal study and supervised practice. The length of your updating period will depend on how long you have been out of practice. We can offer you supervised practice to support you with completing your return to practice. For further information and to find out the exact requirements please visit on Social Work England's website,

If you successfully complete your return to practice, we can guarantee you an interview to join our Adult Social Care Service in a permanent position.

We can also offer placements for newly qualified Social Workers who are registered with SWE but haven’t been able to secure an ASYE position. This will enable you to gain experience working alongside a front-line team and we will guarantee you an interview for the next Richmond and Wandsworth ASYE programme

For an informal discussion and more information about this opportunity please contact Ozan Fitton-Brown at Ozan.Fitton-Brown@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle for example early start - early finish.
• Compressed working hours for example spread your fortnightly working hours over 9 working days and have a day off every other week
• Working from home
• Working autonomously and being in control of your own diary
• Generous training offer and regular support
• Varied and interesting caseload
• 36 hour working week with a generous holiday allowance of 31 days plus bank holidays

In addition, we offer a range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts at many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Important Information

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

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