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About the Role

Join an ambitious Children's Services team at a supportive and forward-thinking local authority dedicated to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families. This role involves managing a varied caseload, undertaking assessments, developing care plans, and delivering interventions to safeguard and promote child welfare.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children and families, ensuring timely and effective interventions.
• Undertake statutory assessments, including Child and Family Assessments.
• Develop and implement outcome-focused care and support plans.
• Complete Child in Need, Child Protection, and Looked After Children work as required.
• Assess risk and make informed decisions to safeguard children and young people.
• Build positive relationships with children, families, carers, and partner agencies.
• Prepare high-quality reports, court statements, and assessments.
• Participate in Child Protection Conferences, Core Groups, and multi-agency meetings.
• Ensure compliance with statutory guidance, legislation, and council policies.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case recordings and documentation.
• Work collaboratively with education, health, police, and voluntary sector partners.
• Promote strengths-based and relationship-focused social work practice.

Requirements

• Degree in Social Work (BA, MA, DipSW, CQSW, or equivalent).
• Registration with Social Work England.
• Experience working within Children's Social Care.
• Sound knowledge of Children Act 1989 and 2004.
• Sound knowledge of Working Together to Safeguard Children.
• Sound knowledge of Child Protection Procedures.
• Sound knowledge of Care Planning and Court Processes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet statutory timescales.
• Strong assessment, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience within a Locality, Safeguarding, Assessment, or Looked After Children team (Desirable).
• Experience of court work and care proceedings (Desirable).
• Knowledge of strengths-based and restorative practice models (Desirable).

Skills

• Assessment
• Analytical skills
• Decision-making skills
• Written communication skills
• Verbal communication skills
• Strengths-based practice
• Relationship-focused practice

Location

• Sutton

Work Type

• Flexible working
• Hybrid working

Experience Level

• Experience working within Children's Social Care

Education Level

• Degree in Social Work (BA, MA, DipSW, CQSW, or equivalent)

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary with progression opportunities

Benefits

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Manageable caseloads and supportive management structure
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training programme
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Regular supervision and reflective practice sessions
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Family-friendly policies
• Staff discounts and reward schemes
• Relocation support (where applicable)

About the Company

• Sutton is a service committed to delivering outstanding support for children and families while investing in the development and wellbeing of its workforce.
• You'll benefit from strong leadership, a collaborative culture, and opportunities to progress your career within a high-performing Children's Services department.

Equal Opportunity

• If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
• We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.