Children’s & Adults Generic Senior Social Worker

London Social Work for Children; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A collaborative social services organization in Greater London is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker for the Out of Hours Team. This role involves providing critical social work services during evenings and weekends, ensuring the safety and welfare of vulnerable children and adults. Ideal candidates must be qualified Social Workers, preferably registered as Approved Mental Health Practitioners. The position offers multiple opportunities for professional development, flexible working options, and an inclusive work culture. If you're passionate about making a difference, apply now!

Benefits

40 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Generous pension plan

Professional development opportunities

Performance related salary progression

Qualifications

• Experienced in child protection, vulnerable adults, and mental health.
• Ability to manage contacts and referrals independently.
• Skilled in reporting and assessment documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide out of hours social work service via duty system.
• Maintain clear reports on cases for handover to day staff.
• Participate in professional meetings as required.

Skills

Excellent post qualifying learning

Confidence to work alone

Ability to work in a challenging environment

Compassionate attitude

Knowledge in safeguarding

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP)

Job description

Children’s & Adults Generic Senior Social Worker & (AMHP) - Out of Hours Team

Are you an experienced Social Worker who has maintained excellent post qualifying learning and interest across the full range of social work practice, including Child Protection, Vulnerable Adults, and Mental Health (AMHP) ?

You will join our Emergency Out of Hours Team providing a comprehensive generic social work service out of hours via a duty system. As an experienced Social Worker, you will be required to have the confidence to work independently in an out of hours environment, with minimum managementsupport .

As a Children’s & Adults Social Worker & (AMHP), you will manage contacts/referrals within an out of hours environment and ensure that reports are appropriately detailed in respect of assessments, care plans and any court proceedings to safeguard service users.

You will work in partnership with service users who require social work intervention out of hours and with those partner agencies who are accessible out of hours.

Maintaining high standards of professional practice, working at all times in the best interests of vulnerable children and adults, you will ensure that there are clear reports recorded on the relevant data bases and available to the day staff on the next working day.

Your role will be key in participating in meetings, working groups and panels as appropriate, including the AMHP forum and other professional meetings, at the direction of your Team Manager.

Closing Date: 22 February 2026
Shortlisting Date:w/c 23 February 2026
Interview Date:w/c 2 March 2026

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership 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.

About you

• You will be a qualified and experienced Social Worker who is highly skilled and motivated person with a can-do compassionate attitude .
• A trained Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) with excellent knowledge in respect of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
• Have contemporary social work knowledge of statutory social work for both adults and children.
• Confidence to work alone, whilst making high level decisions.
• Ability to work with service users in a challenging out of hours environment, whilst maintaining a caring attitude.
• Ability to drive and have access to a car.

If you meet the above criteria and want to make a difference to children and vulnerable adults in an out of hours setting, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

About Wandsworth

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).

If you have any questions about applying for this role, please get in touch with Simi Sabo on [e-mail]

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