Social Care Assistant

Job Description

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: SC6 - S02 £35,520 - £42,060

Contract Type: Part-time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 18

Application Deadline: 14/01/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 1936

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

The Social Care Assistant will hold a caseload and undertake person-led assessments for adults with a variety of functional needs resulting from frailty, ill health or disability. They will recommend techniques or minor aids or adaptations to the home environment to support the persons independence and wellbeing.

The post holder will work directly with people with emerging social care needs to support early intervention. This will include helping people to develop support plans, access community initiatives and develop strategies to manage their emerging needs.

You will assist long-term care users to increase social inclusion, access community-led initiatives and maximise their independence.

You will be part of a friendly supportive and welcoming team and will receive excellent management support and supervision.

This vacancy is for one postholder, working parttime, 18 hours part time, working pattern to be discussed.

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Key Responsibilities

• Ability to support and assist therapists and social workers in duties.
• Proven ability to work with challenging client groups and situations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Literate and numerate with accurate record keeping and report writing.
• Awareness of financial assessment processes.
• ICT skills including use of Microsoft applications
• Commitment to enabling Service Users to maximise their own skills and abilities and to allow them to take calculated and informed risks where this enhances the quality of their life.
• Commitment to the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Substantial relevant experience of working in social care , with evidence of work responsibilities appropriate to the role.
• Awareness of the Care Act 2014 and other relevant social care legislation
• Experience of multi-disciplinary and partnership working and/or awareness of the issues involved.

Terms and conditions:

Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;

This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;

Satisfactory DBS check;

As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact John McManus, OT Manager Adults Social Services, 0208-496-1821 at John.McManus@walthamforest.gov.uk

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

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