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About the Role
As a Kinship and Post-Permanence Social Worker, you’ll play a vital role in securing stable, permanent homes for children within their wider family networks. At RBKC, we’re all in when it comes to keeping children connected to their families, delivering high-quality assessments and tailored support so young people can thrive in loving homes.
Responsibilities
- Assessing and supporting kinship carers and special guardians to secure permanent, loving homes for children.
- Conducting initial viability assessments, complex connected persons assessments and analytical reports for fostering panels and court proceedings.
- Presenting evidence clearly and confidently in court based on assessments.
- Providing ongoing supervision and post-order support to families.
- Helping families navigate complex dynamics, manage challenges and access therapeutic, educational or financial resources.
- Collaborating closely with children’s social workers, health professionals, legal teams and schools to ensure care plans prioritise the child’s safety, identity and wellbeing.
- Undertaking duties in alignment with statutory guidance, fostering regulations and commitments to care, competence and fairness.
Requirements
- Hold a recognised Social Work qualification (DipSW or equivalent).
- Maintain active Social Work England registration.
- Possess a clear enhanced DBS check.
- Experience in statutory social work with children and families.
- Strong understanding of permanence planning, safeguarding and relevant legislation, including the Children Acts 1989 and 2004, Special Guardianship Regulations and the Public Law Outline.
- Analytical report-writing skills.
- Confidence to present evidence clearly within court proceedings.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage and prioritise a complex caseload.
- Comfortable working independently to meet tight court deadlines.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to engage empathetically with children, birth families and prospective foster carers.
- Maintain sound professional judgement and a calm, compassionate approach.
Skills
- Analytical report-writing
- Court presentation
- Caseload management
- Prioritisation
- Independent work
- Communication
- Relationship-building
- Empathy
- Professional judgement
- Calm approach
- Compassionate approach
Location
- Borough (for three days a week)
- London (multi-borough caseload)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Statutory social work with children and families
Education Level
- Recognised Social Work qualification (DipSW or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
- New hires will normally start at the minimum of the pay scale.
- A higher starting salary may be negotiated where a candidate demonstrates exceptional skills, knowledge, or experience.
- Employees receive annual salary increments until they reach the top of the pay scale, as well as any agreed cost of living pay awards.
Benefits
- Flexible working options
- Training opportunities
- Continuous professional development opportunities
About the Company
- Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places.
- Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough.
- As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence.
- We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.
- RBKC is investing in our people, our communities and our future.
- Operating across three London boroughs that are all rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted.
- Systemic model of practice.
- Collaborative environment working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues across London.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
- We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
- We are committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices.