The Role

The Hospital Children’s Social Work Team is currently recruiting to a permanent social worker position.

The team is responsible for safeguarding work with Wandsworth children who are inpatients or who present in the Emergency Department and the team is also responsible for undertaking pre-birth assessments of expectant parents across the borough. As part of the Referral and Assessment Service social workers are expected to make timely assessments to determine the needs of children and their families, and workers are part of a duty system. When assessing the needs of unborn children social workers remain involved until after they are born, and services are transferred to another team or stepped down to partner agencies. Where concerns are significant, the team work with children and unborn children on Child Protection Plans and initiate family court proceedings when needed.

We are looking for qualified social workers who have experience of writing child and family assessments, and have experience working with the Family Court system. You will be expected to carry a caseload, to act as a duty social worker as part of a regular rota, and to represent the department at weekly meetings with the safeguarding team and the nursing staff in the hospital.

This post requires an Enhanced Childrens DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Services.  For further information about the disclosures can be found at www.gov.uk/dbs.

If you want to more information about the role please email Pete Paterson (Team Manager) pete.paterson@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk or telephone on 020 8725 2519.

Equality Statement

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are pleased to be Disability Confident employer.

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).

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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).

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils