London Borough of Waltham Forest
Social Worker
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Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO1 - PO4 £41,133 - £52,194
Retention Bonus: £2,000 retention bonus paid in £1000, twice a year.
Contract Type: Full Time/Permanent Working hours per week: 36 hours per week and occasional weekend and Bank Holiday working
Application Deadline: 14/08/2026
Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC Reference: 2200
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 team plays a vital role in enabling safe, timely discharges from hospital settings by working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework. Empowering residents with the tools, confidence, and support needed to transition back into their home environment—whatever form that may take or pathway that may be required.
At the heart of the team’s work is a commitment to maximising each resident’s opportunity to return home and live as independently as possible. By building on existing support networks and strengthening connections within local communities, the team helps residents develop the skills and resilience to be self-sufficient, while also ensuring appropriate safeguarding measures are in place.
Through this coordinated and person-centred approach, the team strives to support residents in living fulfilling, independent lives and achieving the best possible outcomes for their future.
We are seeking high calibre and creative applicants who, like us, are committed to building on residents’ strengths and their natural support networks, rather than simply assessing people to determine their eligibility for a service. We are looking for social workers who firmly believe that it is essential to give the residents who we serve as much choice and control as possible over their day to day lives, especially at a time when they have been unwell and still need time to recover and build up their resilience and strength. As a social worker, you will also hold a varied caseload working with residents across the discharge pathways. You will be completing MCA's, human rights assessments, NRTPF and residents who are homeless, managing complex and challenging/ family dynamics and those residents who require Safeguarding.
We are a Home Office–licensed sponsor; however, for this specific role we are not able to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. To be considered, you must already hold a form of UK work authorisation that does not require sponsorship.
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Key Responsibilities
- Engage with individuals, carers, families, groups and communities to assess and intervene preventatively using professional judgment, and develop person-led Support Plans to meet the needs of individuals that promote choice, control and independence.
- Be able to use a strength-based approach to assessment to support individuals to identify and develop their support networks and consider positive risk taking to enhance their wellbeing.
- Be able to identify safeguarding concerns if vulnerable residents have experienced harm and carry out section 42 enquiries where needed.
- Be responsible for delivering high-quality and legally compliant social support in a timely way to agreed standards.
- To be able to complete court fit mental capacity assessments and engage the resident and their families in any best interest decision where appropriate.
Qualifications and Requirements
To be considered for this position, you will need previous experience in working in adult social care, or be able to demonstrate transferable skills to meet the needs of this post. You will also need to hold a current registration with Social Work England and be able to provide your registration number.
Terms and Conditions
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
- Satisfactory declaration of interest;
- This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and / or vulnerable adults;
- Satisfactory DBS check;
- Continued professional body registration;
- 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:
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- 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 Sharon Samain, Team Manager HART at Sharon.samain@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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