Social Worker

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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