Disabled Children Social Work Team-  Social Worker

In Royal Greenwich, as a GOOD authority (Ofsted December 2019) with areas of fantastic practice for children and young people with SEND,  we are passionate keeping children and young people at the heart of what we do. We are currently seeking enthusiastic and committed Social Workers, to join our experienced team. We are looking for a range of enthusiastic, vibrant and creative individuals with the skills and experience to help us in our ambitions.

You will be joining a high achieving service that has excellent relationships and partnerships established with families, community resources and a newly expanded Short Breaks Offer.

Applicants for the Social Work posts should have experience and confidence undertaking a variety of statutory social work duties, as they will be expected to carry a varied of caseload. This includes Child and Family Assessments, as well as Child in Need, Child Protection and Child in our Care work. They should have an ability to directly communicate with and seek the views of children with a variety of different needs; as well as being able to lead on effective multi-agency work to safeguard children, ensure their community inclusion and promote their independence. Desirable candidate will have an ability to work in partnership with families and involved services to ensure assessments and support plans that are child-centred, aspirational and outcome focused.

If you are as passionate as we are about making a difference to disabled children and young people – and have the skills and experience we are looking for – then please come and join us!

Royal Greenwich has a lot to offer – a rich cultural heritage and a diverse and vibrant community – as well as good sporting facilities, affordable housing and great transport/ road links. There is a generous annual leave offer and on-going continued professional development opportunities.

For further information about this posts please call:
Manoj Sebastian or Kerrie McIntyre Team Leaders on 020 8921 2599 Or email Manoj.Sebastian@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or Kerrie.McIntyre@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

Applications will be reviewed weekly 

Closing date for applications is midnight Tuesday October 6th.

Shortlisting will take place Wednesday October 7th.

Interviews of shortlisted candidates will take place on Monday October 12th 

Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk. As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974)

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.