# Social Worker (Assessment, Safeguarding & Corporate) **Company**: London Borough Of Waltham Forest **Location**: London Borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: Full time **Salary**: GBP 41,133 - 52,194 per year **Category**: Social Care **Industry**: Public Sector **Apply**: https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/social-worker-assessment-safeguarding-corporate-32625?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_2ea396a0-2e3 ## Description The London Borough of Waltham Forest is seeking dedicated, qualified and experienced Social Workers to join our Assessment teams. We are a supportive, focused, and inspirational service. Our shared purpose is to nurture independence and freedom of choice in our children, young people, and families, helping them to achieve the best possible outcomes. **Key Responsibilities:** - Conduct assessments of children and young people's circumstances and issues to determine intervention / referral to the appropriate service. - Plan and implement interventions and actions for allocated cases. Monitor and review cases. Assess in more complex cases, with guidance. - Provide professional advice and guidance to colleagues and partner agencies supporting children and young people. - Liaise internally and externally and work with colleagues from other agencies to ensure children, young people and carers are supported. - Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the safeguarding requirements within area of responsibility. - Provide advice and support to children and young people to assist in completing financial assessments. - Proactively develop professional knowledge, skills and behaviours. - Act in accordance with all policies and procedures which apply to the job and understand the reasons for this. **Qualifications and Requirements:** - Proven social work experience/placement in children and families setting/minimum of one year's post-qualifying experience. - Demonstrable knowledge and experience of issues relating to children in need, child protection and looked-after children, including relevant legislation, guidance and procedures. - Experience of service delivery which is culturally sensitive and responsive to the needs of a multi-cultural community. - Able to prioritise and effectively work under pressure. - Managing a quality service by ensuring key performance indicators relating to service areas are met. - Ability to work well within a team and maintain clear and regular reporting lines to line manager and senior team members. - Display agile behaviours and understand change at any given moment and respond to it effectively. - Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, and to follow through on required actions. - Commitment to the participation of children, young people and their families both at an individual and service level. - In rare emergency situations, the ability to work flexible or unsocial hours at short notice. **Benefits:** The London Borough of Waltham Forest offers a range of benefits, including a retention bonus of up to £3000. **Terms and Conditions:** - Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks - Satisfactory declaration of interest - This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults - Satisfactory DBS check; Enhanced - Continued professional body registration ## Skills ### Required - social work - child protection - safeguarding - communication - teamwork ### Nice to have - Children Acts 1989 and 2004 - Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 --- Source: [Apply at jobsgopublic.com](https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/social-worker-assessment-safeguarding-corporate-32625?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)