Senior Social Worker/Specialist Social Worker
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27.82 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2025 |
| Location: | Bromley, South East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Nations Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Job Category : Social Care Qualified
Location : Churchill Court, 2 Westmoreland Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1AS , Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Salary: £27.82 per hour
Flexible Working: Social workers are expected to undertake face to face visits to families. All social workers work in the office on a rota basis with their teams. Expenses: Locums are able to claim back mileage from their place of work to visits (this does not include travel from home to work).
Locum Senior Practitioner
Referral and Assessment
Team 3 month assignment
Flexible Working: Social workers are expected to undertake face to face visits to families. All social workers work in the office on a rota basis with their teams.
Expenses: Locums are able to claim back mileage from their place of work to visits (this does not include travel from home to work). The service also has work oyster cards that can be provided.
About the Role and Team:
There are no management responsibilities in this role. Referrals meeting the threshold for an assessment will be passed through to the Referral and Assessment Service. These cases relate to children between the ages of 0-17.
The referrals can be:
• Child Protection - children who have suffered significant harm, or are at risk of suffering significant harm. Investigations and assessments of these children are usually conducted on a joint basis with the Police Child Abuse and Investigation Team (CAIT)
• Children in Need - children whose needs cannot be met through the CAF (Common Assessment Framework) and TAC (Team Around the Child) process or ones with a range of complex needs
• The initial stages of new Looked After episodes for a child or young person
• Families presenting as having No Recourse to Public Funds. Assessments are completed, through direct work with children and families plus appropriate professionals, to identify needs/risks and develop plans to meet these as appropriate. Case responsibility is then transferred to the appropriate teams within Social Care
Location : Churchill Court, 2 Westmoreland Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1AS , Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Salary: £27.82 per hour
Flexible Working: Social workers are expected to undertake face to face visits to families. All social workers work in the office on a rota basis with their teams. Expenses: Locums are able to claim back mileage from their place of work to visits (this does not include travel from home to work).
Locum Senior Practitioner
Referral and Assessment
Team 3 month assignment
Flexible Working: Social workers are expected to undertake face to face visits to families. All social workers work in the office on a rota basis with their teams.
Expenses: Locums are able to claim back mileage from their place of work to visits (this does not include travel from home to work). The service also has work oyster cards that can be provided.
About the Role and Team:
There are no management responsibilities in this role. Referrals meeting the threshold for an assessment will be passed through to the Referral and Assessment Service. These cases relate to children between the ages of 0-17.
The referrals can be:
• Child Protection - children who have suffered significant harm, or are at risk of suffering significant harm. Investigations and assessments of these children are usually conducted on a joint basis with the Police Child Abuse and Investigation Team (CAIT)
• Children in Need - children whose needs cannot be met through the CAF (Common Assessment Framework) and TAC (Team Around the Child) process or ones with a range of complex needs
• The initial stages of new Looked After episodes for a child or young person
• Families presenting as having No Recourse to Public Funds. Assessments are completed, through direct work with children and families plus appropriate professionals, to identify needs/risks and develop plans to meet these as appropriate. Case responsibility is then transferred to the appropriate teams within Social Care