Senior Practitioner – Referral and Assessment (Kingston)

We’re celebrating an OUTSTANDING achievement across all areas in our latest Ofsted inspection (December 2024) and now, we’re looking for social workers to help build on this success.If you’re passionate, driven, and ready to be part of something exceptional, now is the time. Come and grow with a team that’s setting the standard for excellence!We are offering a £3000 welcome bonus plus a £3000 annual market supplement for this role!  The Referral and Assessment Team sits within Children’s Social Care’s Identification and Assessment division. We focus upon our initial involvement through new referrals, child in need, child protection and initial court proceedings. This includes: Strategy discussions, Initial Child Protection Conferences; Child In Need Planning and taking court actions by way of Emergency Protective Orders if required. The team works directly with families in their time of crisis which helps to prevent escalation of concerns.