CSW – Social Worker – Localities (Gr 8)

Job Description

Job Title : CSW – Social Worker – Localities (Gr 8)
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Civic Offices, London Borough of Sutton
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £26.68

Locality teams provided front line child protection and Child in Need services to children and young people aged 0-18 years
Locality teams generally work to a geographical area of the Local Authority
As a children’s social worker you will have a caseload of 20 children who are either subject to CP or CIN planning with the expectation that you will work with the child, their family and the professional network in the execution of plans to ensure the child’s safety and needs are met and maintained.
Given the nature of the work, there will also be cases that will require you to lead on a PLO plan, initiate care proceedings and commence Children Looked after process.
A working knowledge of Pan London Child Protection Procedures and Working together are essentials prerequisites for the role.
The borough works restoratively with children and their families, with us also adopting contextual safeguarding and trauma informed practices.
Multi-agency partnerships are a strong feature in Sutton and you will be intrinsic to this way of working.
As a social worker for Sutton you will have access to a range of supports and training including monthly supervision and case management, reflective supervision and the opportunity to engage in mandatory and other training.
Flexible working taking account of the needs of the service is also available particularly working from home for some of the time.
There is a strong permanent and visible management team to support you in your role, a principle social worker and learning and development to support with your ongoing learning and training needs and an anti-racist lead who is helping us to ensure that Sutton is an inclusive borough

This job role is required to enable the Local Authority to carry out its statutory duties to Children in Need under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 and those in Need of Protection under section 47 of the Children Act 1989.
The role is one within front line delivery, where those employed carry out statutory functions to children and young people on behalf of the LA.
This role is required to mitigate against organisational risk as it is in statute that Children in Need of Protection are required to have an allocated social worker.
This role is required in order that the rest of team have manageable cases loads – without this caseloads would be high, the ability to achieve high quality practice would be impacted upon and children would not be safeguarding sufficiently.