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Social Worker / Senior Social Worker
Supporting Disabled Children Service
Up to £52,767 per annum
Permanent
Full Time (36 hours)
Wandsworth, London
Ofsted Rating: ‘Outstanding’

Are you a passionate, creative and experienced social worker who is looking to expand or develop your experience in practice with disabled children and their families? An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in one of the teams within the Supporting Disabled Children Service.

As a Social Worker in the Supporting Disabled Children’s Service, you will be working alongside the other teams in the service, and colleagues in our Preparing for Adulthood Service. You will also work closely with our in-house providers of short breaks, health and education professionals and a range of private and voluntary organisations.

About the role

You will be responsible for delivering a high-quality and responsive social work service, assessing the needs of disabled children. You will be highly motivated and demonstrate excellent social work knowledge, skills and values to deliver the highest quality service to disabled children, their families and carers.

You will have experience in Children’s Services, including child protection and have a clear understanding of all relevant legislation and guidance.

We are investing in all our staff, our leaders as well partners to enable us to make our engagement with families and communities in Wandsworth a success. We passionately believe that if we invest in new ways of thinking and working, you'll have everything you need to do the job you trained for.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• You will hold social work qualification with Social Work England membership and have successfully completed your ASYE Year.
• Experience of working across voluntary and statutory agencies with applied knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance.
• You will be a passionate and driven social worker who is looking to develop your experience in practice with disabled children and their families.
• You will be innovative and creative in your approach to delivering services to disabled children and families and be able to work closely with your team and manager including multi-agency partners to provide a service that meets each child’s needs.

If you can see yourself promoting good practice in social work and would like the opportunity to shape and develop the lives of disabled children and their families, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

Contact details
For an informal discussion about the role please contact:
Liisa Jordan, Service Manager – Liisa.Jordan@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Closing date: 2 August 2026
Shortlisting date: w/c 3 August 2026
Interview date: w/c 3 August 2026

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.