Roles

This section contains information about the key frontline roles within our Adult and Children Social Service teams. We’ve also provided information on the Trainee Social Work position, which can lead to employment in either service.

Trainee Social Worker

Wandsworth is a highly rated destination for Trainees. You undertake a programme of learning through work experience, academic study and practice placements. This ensures you develop the full range of social work values, knowledge and skills required to improve the lives of children in need and their families and/or vulnerable adults and their informal carers.

You become a member of a social work team for the duration of the trainee programme. In the first year, you work as a full member of the team and undertake an appropriate range of duties and responsibilities. This includes direct work with children and young people or vulnerable adults, under close supervision.

After 12 months, you are seconded to an appropriate social work course (for either 2 or 3 years depending on the level of degree). You continue to be employed by the Service and receive study leave. On completion you return to frontline work within the borough. Use this link to view the job description

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Adult Social Services

Social Worker/Senior Social Worker

Our Adults team work in partnership with service users and carers using a person-centred approach. The aim is always to maximise independence, well-being and choice.

Expect to use your professional skills to support service users in assessing their own needs and in using their personal budgets to sort out and choose the help they need to live the life they want.

There is extensive joined up working with other professionals in the Department, the Council (eg Housing), the Health Service and voluntary sector - either based in a multi-disciplinary team in a Health or other setting or based within the Adult Social Services Department.

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Consultant Social Worker

As a Consultant Social Worker (CSW), you apply your advanced social work knowledge and skills to improve outcomes for vulnerable adults. You could be asked to work across the full range of social work tasks with vulnerable adults, particularly in relation to safeguarding investigations, ensuring that service users and their carers are at the centre of the assessment and outcomes decision making process and partnership working.

You hold a full caseload, including some of the more complex and challenging cases, as well as mentoring, coaching and training other members of the team, particularly trainees, NQSWs and students.

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Principal Social Worker

Principal Social Workers (PSWs) are the lead professionals in our multi-agency work to improve outcomes for adults. You hold a reduced caseload, enabling you to assist the Team Manager in providing support and supervision to other members of the team, including practice teaching for student social workers.

You can have a direct impact on the standard of your service by demonstrating best practice, promoting a learning culture and representing your team in working groups. The PSW post is excellent preparation for becoming a social work manager.

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Children’s Services

Social Worker/Senior Social Worker

Our Social Workers are fully involved in the assessment, planning, implementation and review of a wide range of CIN cases, including child protection, care proceedings and looked after children cases.

On average, each member of the team holds a caseload of 15 CIN cases, depending on the nature of those cases. You work collaboratively with other professionals, co-ordinating the team around the child, in order to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to safeguarding children and young people.

You also act as a link professional, providing advice and consultancy to Early Years centres, schools and other settings, in line with Every Child Matters: Agenda for Change.

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Consultant Social Worker

As a Consultant Social Workers (CSW), you apply your advanced social work knowledge and skills to improve outcomes for children in need. You could be asked to work across the full range of social work tasks with children and families, particularly in relation to child protection, court proceedings, work with looked after children, work with disabled children and partnership working.

You hold a full caseload, including some of the more complex and challenging cases, as well as mentoring, coaching and training other members of the team, particularly trainees, NQSWs and students.

Use this link to view the job description

 

Principal Social Worker

Principal Social Workers (PSWs) are the lead professionals in our multi-agency work to improve outcomes for children You hold a reduced caseload, enabling you to assist the Team Manager in providing support and supervision to other members of the team, including practice teaching for student social workers.

You can have a direct impact on the standard of your service by demonstrating best practice, promoting a learning culture and representing your team in working groups. The PSW post is excellent preparation for becoming a social work manager.

Use this link to view the job description