Social Worker WCC

Overview

As a Social Worker, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Joining our Children's Social Work Service, you'll be dedicated to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families. Working to create effective safeguarding and protection plans, you'll prioritise safety, empower families and support children and young people with complex needs. This role isn't just rewarding, it's potentially life-changing.

Your day-to-day will be varied and dynamic; the role involves the whole remit of children services, from assessments to court orders to ensure the children attain stability and permanency. You'll get the chance to explore different areas of the profession, develop your skills as part of a high-performing team, and evolve through secondments and additional training. Through empowerment and support, you'll strengthen the resilience of families, engaging them in the formulation of their plans, and delivering proactive services for children h everything you do, you'll help achieve safety and stability for children in need.

• Conduct needs-led planning and review, assess, engage and support families to overcome complex problems and needs.

• Work with children and young people with challenging behaviours and underlying vulnerabilities in a local authority children’s services environment.

• Collaborate with a team to create safeguarding and protection plans and deliver proactive services for children at risk, contributing to safety and stability for children in need.

A registered Social Worker with significant experience working with vulnerable children and families, ideally in a local authority children’s services environment, you'll be capable of assessing, engaging and supporting families to overcome complex problems and needs. You'll be comfortable with needs-led planning and review, and will have worked with children and young people with challenging behaviours and underlying vulnerabilities in a previous role.

On a personal level, you'll be organised, communicative and a true team player. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative, supportive team putting children and families first, and to supercharge your career in the process.

Westminster City Council is home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, with a strategy to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help determine the city's future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way.

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As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.