Social Worker

Job description

Contract Terms

Contract Type: Full -Time, Permanent
Salary: PO2-PO4 £41,442 – £50,574 per annum + £1,000 Market Supplement
Interview: w/c 17th March 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 2nd March 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

As a Social Worker at Haringey Council, you’ll have the opportunity to work with individuals and families from all walks of life, addressing a wide range of needs and challenges. Your work will have a direct and meaningful impact on improving the lives of residents.

At Haringey Council, we are committed to fostering a positive, inclusive, and supportive work culture. You’ll benefit from regular supervision, access to experienced managers, and a collaborative team environment that values your contributions and ideas.

Haringey Council is forward-thinking and constantly looking for ways to improve services. You’ll be part of a progressive team that embraces creativity, technology, and new approaches to ensure the best outcomes for residents.

About you

• A working knowledge of key legislation within the health and social care sector
• Robust knowledge of health and social care frameworks and the impact on practice
• A working knowledge of social and health groups and ways in which to positively engage with them to achieve best outcomes.
• A commitment to finding solutions to complex problems and working with other people and organisations to do so

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. 

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk