Description
About the role
Join Hillingdon's Outstanding Cared for Service. If you're passionate about building meaningful relationships with children and families and want to work somewhere you can truly make a difference, Hillingdon is the place for you.
Following our recent Ofsted Outstanding judgement, we continue to invest in our workforce, creating the conditions for social workers to thrive. We know great social work happens when practitioners have the time, support and stability to focus on families.
Responsibilities
As a Social Worker in Hillingdon, no two days will be the same. You will:
- Build meaningful, relationship-based practice with children, families and carers.
- Be part of our journey to becoming a fully trauma-informed service, supported by a strong and stable leadership team.
- Lead and coordinate multi-agency care plans that safeguard children and enable them to reach their potential.
- Access regular supervision, clinical supervision, reflective practice, and extensive professional development opportunities.
- Be trained to undertake Brief enquiries & Merton compliant age assessments.
What we are looking for
We're looking for passionate, resilient, and forward-thinking Social Workers who are ready to make a real impact. You will be:
- A qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
- Committed to relationship-based and trauma-informed practice.
- Driven to make a difference for children with strong understanding of multi-agency partnership.
- Creative, curious, reflective, and always open to learning and improvement.
What You'll Receive
- Salary: £44,184 - £56,169 per year (including £2,250 retention payment)
- Potential package value up to £56,169 per annum.
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- TOIL provided
- Rated Outstanding by Ofsted and CIT
- Manageable workload
- 100% permanent and experienced Senior Leadership Team
- Visible, accessible and supportive managers and senior leaders
- Regular reflective supervision and clinical consultation
- Excellent learning, development and career progression opportunities
- A relationship-based and trauma-informed practice model
- Modern, locality-based teams and working environments
- Up to 34 days annual leave rising to 37 days after long service, in addition to bank holidays.
Why Hillingdon?
At Hillingdon, we are proud of what we've achieved:
- Outstanding Ofsted judgement
- Stable and experienced permanent leadership team
- Strong culture of support and collaboration
- Commitment to workforce wellbeing
- Investment in professional development
- Clear career progression pathways
- Focus on keeping caseloads manageable
- An ambitious vision for children and families