Senior Social Worker

Salary range: £47,925 - £56,436 per annum

Work location: 145 Kings Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9XY

Hours per week: 36.00

Contract type: Permanent

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check

Closing date: 2 November 2025

Interview date: Week commencing 10 November 2025

Contact details for Informal discussion: Jo Foster via email on

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is seeking a dedicated and experienced Qualified Social Worker to join our Children Looked After Team.

Hammersmith and Fulham Children's Services, rated Outstanding by Ofsted in our most recent inspection, never stops moving forward. Our ambition is to focus even more on increasing the quality of our practice and the work with children, young people and families to sustain positive change. As a service, we promote a highly supportive culture that allows you to do what you do best, encompassing individual mentoring, having manageable workloads and clear developmental opportunities.

You will play a vital role in supporting children and young people in care, ensuring their voices are heard and their needs are met through high-quality, child-centred social work practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of looked after children, ensuring timely assessments, care planning, and reviews.
• Work collaboratively with foster carers, families, schools, and other professionals.
• Prepare reports for court and attend proceedings as required.
• Promote permanency planning and support transitions to independence.
• Ensure all statutory responsibilities are met in line with legislation and best practice.

About You

• Qualified Social Worker (Degree/DipSW/CQSW) and registered with Social Work England.
• Experience working with looked after children or within children's services.
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation, including the Children Act 1989.
• Excellent communication, assessment, and report-writing skills.
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and improving outcomes for children.

We appreciate and value our employees and recognise the importance of a motivated and supported workforce who have a good work life balance. We will support your development through a variety of opportunities across the council which include:

• High quality regular reflective supervision
• Training opportunities, including training in systemic practice
• Clinical family therapist allocated to each service
• Hybrid working and flexible working options

• 2 wellbeing days a month in addition to generous annual leave

• Very competitive pay rates with well established social work career progression scheme.

Our mission is to be the best council. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision. If you are a social worker committed to relational practice and improving lives, looking to develop your career in a fast-paced, professional environment whilst making a difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please refer to the Role Profile for more information.

• Social Work England (SWE)

How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining 'who we are'. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.

We are fair

We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.

We are caring

We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.

We are collaborators

We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.

We are driven

We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.

At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working Click HERE to find out more.

We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents.

It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace. At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

To explore more about the work we do towards being an inclusive employer and our commitments to achieve this please click HERE.

Asking for Adjustments

We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us at resourcing- or by post to The Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith W6 9JU

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.