Children's Social Worker / Senior Social Worker - Family Help Service (Tooting)

Children's Social Worker / Senior Social Worker - Family Help Service (Tooting)

Posted 7th Sep, 2026

Location

Wandsworth

Working pattern

Full-time – 36 hours per week

Working arrangements

Blended

27th Sep, 2026

Incentives

£5,000 welcome bonus (paid in two instalments: £2,500 after six months on successful completion of the probation period, and £2,500 after 12 months of employment) and a £1,000 retention payment made every two years for permanent staff.

Are you a passionate and experienced Social Worker ready to change lives and shape futures? Join a team where your creativity, compassion and confidence are not only valued – they are essential. Every day in Wandsworth, Social Workers are helping families write new chapters in their lives, and as more families reach out for support, the service is growing.

In the newly formed Family Help Service, you will find more than just a job – you will find a place where your voice matters, your ideas are welcomed, and your impact is visible. You will work in a modern, collaborative environment with a stable, friendly team and strong, visible leadership, with manageable caseloads and protected time with children and families. The service holds an Ofsted rating of 'Outstanding' and operates across the Battersea, Roehampton and Tooting teams.

The Family Help model is rooted in systemic practice and built on trust, consistency and co-production. You will work with families to create plans that reflect their voices and values – whether under Child in Need, Child Protection or care proceedings – as part of a multi-agency team that includes Children's Practitioners, Adult Mental Health Practitioners, Substance Misuse and Domestic Abuse Specialists, and in-house Family Therapy and Social Care CAMHS teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working alongside children and families through their most difficult moments to help them find strength, hope and solutions
• Contributing to a wraparound network of multi-agency support to help families stay together safely
• Creating family-led plans that reflect the voices and values of children and families
• Participating in working groups and service development to lead, influence and innovate
• Engaging with a comprehensive training offer including Systemic Psychotherapy, Trauma-Informed Practice, Motivational Interviewing and Leadership Development

About you

Wandsworth is looking for motivated Social Workers who are driven by purpose and want to be part of a service that puts relationships at the heart of everything. The ideal candidate will bring compassion, creativity and clarity to their work, with a genuine belief in the potential of children and families.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
• Have successfully completed the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
• Have experience across both voluntary and statutory settings
• Be confident in their knowledge and practice
• Be a natural collaborator and communicator
• Be a champion for children and families, with a commitment to their rights and potential

Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership is committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. They are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment and selection process. This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in line with the Council's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Our social workers are at the heart of our success, and we’re looking for Social Workers who share and are excited by our vision. Come and be part of our success.

All children and families deserve an outstanding level of practice, let’s work together to provide them with the very best.

Our shared vision and values to improve outcomes for children and families will drive practice. Our outstanding practice framework will support us collectively to do that. We want to apply solutions to complex problems in the simplest way. Having a robust practice framework will enable a shared language, understanding and value base from which we can all work creatively with children and families to achieve the best outcomes for them.

We know that to recruit passionate, dedicated social workers - where there’s simply more demand than the available resource - we must show our appreciation in more tangible ways. That's why we have put together an attractive package for all our social workers.

In return for your skills, knowledge and experience, you will receive an appropriate starting salary and a friendly, kind, positive and supportive working culture.

We also offer:

• Performance related salary progression scheme
• 32 days annual leave to all employees plus bank holidays
• Relocation package for experienced social workers moving to London
• Manageable caseloads
• Agile and flexible working arrangements
• Professional development and CPD opportunities
• Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
• Refer a friend scheme
• Welcome payments and retention bonuses for harder to recruit to areas of our services

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).