Locum Social Worker - Waiting Well Team London Borough of Havering 32 per hour Umbrella - Hybrid Working - Ongoing Contract Eden Brown Synergy are currently recruiting for an experienced Locum Social Worker to join the innovative Waiting Well Team within the London Borough of Havering. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dedicated service focused on improving outcomes for adults awaiting assessment or intervention. The Waiting Well Team plays a crucial role in managing waiting lists, undertaking risk assessments, and ensuring vulnerable residents receive timely support while waiting for longer-term services. Key Responsibilities Manage and review cases for individuals awaiting intervention across front-line adult social care services. Complete risk assessments and ensure risks are appropriately identified, monitored, and managed. Maintain regular contact with service users to prevent crisis situations and deterioration. Work collaboratively...

Qualified Social Worker - Fostering Support Location: London Borough of Ealing Role: Qualified Social Worker - Fostering Support Employment Type: Temporary / Contract Agency: Recruitment Agency Are you a Qualified Social Worker (QSW) with experience in fostering, children's services, or supporting foster carers? We are currently recruiting on behalf of our client, the London Borough of Ealing , for an experienced and committed Fostering Support Social Worker to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated Social Worker looking to make a positive difference to children and young people, while providing high-quality support to foster carers. About the Role As a Fostering Support Social Worker, you will work alongside foster carers, children, young people and other professionals to ensure that children in foster placements receive the support, care and stability they need. Your responsibilities will include: Providing ongoing...

Eden Brown Synergy is currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join Havering's Children with Disabilities Team on a locum basis. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated service supporting children and young people with disabilities and their families. You will be part of a specialist team focused on safeguarding, assessment, care planning and delivering positive outcomes for some of the boroughs most vulnerable children. The successful candidate will work within a supportive team environment, with a requirement to attend the office 3 days per week. Key Responsibilities Undertake Child and Family Assessments for children with disabilities and complex needs Manage a caseload of children subject to Child in Need, Child Protection and Children Looked After plans Complete statutory visits, reviews and assessments within required timescales Develop and implement robust care and support plans to improve outcomes for children and families...

Are you passionate about supporting young people as they transition into adulthood? Hackney Council is seeking an experienced and committed Leaving Care Social Worker to join our dedicated Leaving Care Team on a 12-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity to work with care-experienced young people aged 16-25, helping them build independence, access opportunities, and achieve positive long-term outcomes. You'll join a forward-thinking local authority with a strong commitment to relationship-based practice, anti-racist practice, and delivering exceptional services to children, young people and their families. The Role As a Leaving Care Social Worker, you will: Manage a caseload of young people leaving care, providing high-quality assessment, planning and intervention. Develop Pathway Plans that reflect the individual needs, aspirations and strengths of young people. Build positive and trusting relationships with young people, ensuring their voices, wishes and...

Location : Hybrid (2 days in London Office) with travel expected across the South Region. Please note that travel to the London office is at your own expense. Salary: £58,398.03 (inclusive of London office allowance) plus competitive pension Contract : Full Time, Permanent Please note, this ad will close Monday 12th October at 9am To help us achieve our mission, we are recruiting a qualified social worker with direct experience of working with children and families, and knowledge and experience of supporting social work students. We are looking for candidates who can contribute to the delivery of teaching across the year, support participants in their local authority hubs, support participants during the 2nd year of Approach Social Work and become their dissertation supervisor during the 3rd year of the programme. Practice Tutors (PTs) play a key role within the development and delivery of our social work curriculum, contributing knowledge and expertise to create a...

Job Title: Care Assistant Contract Type: Permanent Salary: £28,860 per annum (pro rata) Working Hours: 30 Hours per week Working Pattern: Monday-Sunday shift rotation including bank holidays and weekends Location: Linden Court, London If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description. Please note that whilst we will accept applications on the basis of any form of valid legal permission to work in the UK, we will be surrendering the Riverside Sponsorship licence, so for the avoidance of doubt, we are unable to apply for any further sponsorships whether on behalf of existing colleagues or candidates. The difference you will make as a Care Assistant You will provide assistance to residents in need...

Lead Practitioner - Mental Health Team Barnet Council Locum Opportunity 38 per hour Umbrella Eden Brown Synergy are currently recruiting for an experienced Lead Practitioner to join a dynamic Mental Health Team in Barnet on a locum basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Social Worker looking to take on a leadership role while remaining involved in front-line practice. As Lead Practitioner, you will provide professional leadership, guidance and support to Social Workers within the team, helping to drive high standards of practice and positive outcomes for adults experiencing mental health needs. Key Responsibilities Provide practice leadership and mentoring to Social Workers and less experienced staff. Support the Team Manager with complex case management and service delivery. Manage a small caseload of highly complex mental health cases. Lead on safeguarding enquiries and risk management planning. Promote strengths-based practice...

Role: Refuge Worker Based: Lewisham 2 houses close to each other Rate: £15 ph PAYE or £19.50 ph UMB Start Date: ASAP Duration: Temp ongoing Hours: 35 hours per week Our client, a specialist Domestic Violence charity, is looking to recruit a Refuge Worker responsible for providing high-quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and their children living in their refuges. Synopsis of duties: Providing practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse Caseload of 4 clients (maybe 1 or 2 more occasionally to cover annual leave) Conducting key work sessions regularly and keeping casework records up to date Be present at the refuge when contractors attend, homegroup, pest control, water checks, cleaner, etc, accompany them to all the rooms when required Carry out CCTV Checks daily, H&S checks daily, weekly or monthly checks on all the floors Carry out evacuation(monthly),...

Role: Refuge Worker Based: West London Rate: £14.75ph PAYE or £19ph umb Start Date: ASAP Duration: Temp ongoing Hours: 35 hours per week 9am 5pm Monday to Friday Our client, a specialist Domestic Violence charity, is looking to recruit a Refuge Worker responsible for providing high-quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and their children living in their refuges. Synopsis of duties: Providing practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse Conducting key work sessions regularly and keeping casework records up to date Be present at the refuge when contractors attend, homegroup, pest control, water checks, cleaner, etc, accompany them to all the rooms when required Carry out CCTV Checks daily, H&S checks daily, weekly or monthly checks on all the floors Carry out evacuation(monthly), fire drills (monthly) and fire alarm testing (weekly) Be...

Team Manager - Fostering and Kinship Recruitment & Assessment Team London Borough of Havering 45.20 per hour Umbrella Hybrid Working Eden Brown Synergy is recruiting an experienced Team Manager to join Haverings Fostering and Kinship Recruitment & Assessment Team on a locum basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly experienced fostering and kinship professional to lead a specialist assessment team responsible for the delivery and oversight of Connected Persons, Kinship, Special Guardianship and Fostering assessments. Working within a supportive management structure, you will provide strong leadership, quality assurance and decision-making to ensure children are able to live safely within their family networks wherever possible. Based at Romford Town Hall, this hybrid role offers a balanced working arrangement of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. Key Responsibilities Provide leadership and management oversight within the...

Pastoral Support Worker - Primary School - Brent Commencing - October 2026 Are you passionate about helping children grow academically, socially and emotionally? We are looking for a warm, committed and enthusiastic Pastoral Support Worker to join our friendly primary school team from October 2026 , supporting pupils across EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves working with children, enjoys being a positive role model, and is keen to make a real difference every day. About this Pastoral Support Worker Role: As a Pastoral Support Worker, you will work closely with pupils who need extra guidance to help them overcome barriers to learning. You will support their emotional wellbeing, encourage positive behaviour, and help them build confidence and resilience so they can achieve their best. This role would be particularly suited to a psychology graduate or someone interested in social care. Key Responsibilities of a...

IPS - Employment support For people who need mental health support, getting back into work is a vital step on their recovery journey. The evidence backs this up, but although 90% of people with severe mental illness want to work, only 8% of them are in paid employment. If you would like to join our team and champion our mission and help people who need employment support to get back into work. You will be supporting clients who are under the care of Secondary Mental Health services to gain and retain paid employment and will be based within a clinical team. This is an incredibly rewarding role. You'll have the opportunity to transform the lives of clients, to give them hope, direction and support with their recovery journey alongside other key professionals. This is also a challenging role, so you'll need to be empathetic, adaptable and dedicated to finding clients a role that's right for them. As an Employment Specialist, you'll build a good rapport with your clients,...

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you! We are looking for a Social Care IDVA Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 (salary dependent on skills and experience and whether you are a qualified IDVA) Location: Westminster Children Social Care (Frampton Street) and Hammersmith Head Office. You will be located in an office 3-4 days per week with the opportunity to work remotely 1-2 days per week. Contract: Permanent Hours: 35 hours per week, 9am-5pm standard hours with occasional duty between 1-9pm done from home This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role...

Therapeutic Education practitioner Do you have a background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD? Have you had experience with challenging behaviour? Do you have Team Teach or MAPA training? Have you covered lesson? Experience tutoring or teaching small groups? This specialist school based in East London is looking for a special needs Therapeutic Education practitioner with experience of working with challenging children and young people. This is a specialist PRU school that caters for young people who have been excluded or at risk of being excluded from a mainstream school. Therapeutic Education practitioners will have the opportunity to work in this outstanding school with an international reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources. Therapeutic Education practitioners must have experience working with mental health problems and complex SEN needs. This school believes that all young people should be provided with appropriate education in a safe, stable,...

Integrity Education Solutions are supporting an independent SEN provider with the appointment of an exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly credible safeguarding professional to join a growing specialist education organisation as Head of Safeguarding and Company Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) from January 2027. Based in South London with travel across other London sites. This is a senior strategic role with organisation-wide responsibility for safeguarding and child protection, providing expert guidance, professional challenge and leadership across a number of specialist education settings supporting vulnerable and neurodiverse children and young people. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leaders, School DSLs, Social Workers, Assistant Heads and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring safeguarding arrangements are consistently robust, compliant, effectively implemented and responsive to the complex needs of the pupils being supported....

Student Learning Mentor - Primary School - Brent Commencing - October 2026 Are you passionate about helping children grow academically, socially and emotionally? We are looking for a warm, committed and enthusiastic Student Learning Mentor to join our friendly primary school team from October 2026 , supporting pupils across EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves working with children, enjoys being a positive role model, and is keen to make a real difference every day. About this Student Learning Mentor Role As a Student Learning Mentor, you will work closely with pupils who need extra guidance to help them overcome barriers to learning. You will support their emotional wellbeing, encourage positive behaviour, and help them build confidence and resilience so they can achieve their best. This role would be particularly suited to a psychology graduate or someone interested in social care. Key Responsibilities of a...

Graduate Teaching Assistant 18,956 - 26,335 per year Outstanding School with Teacher training offering Key Stage 3 & 4 students Fantastic School based in North London location Teacher training opportunities after first year experience This outstanding School provides high quality education at every stage of the students journey. Since opening, they have grown to become one of the most successful schools in the borough and has gained an excellent reputation for the learning focused education offered to their students. They have a happy and diverse community that strives to succeed in everything they do. They have a sister school located a couple of miles away and they provide the blueprint of success that this school aspires to. Whilst the high quality lessons and enrichment make this school a rewarding place to attend or to work in, perhaps the most unusual thing about the is the quality of the relationships you will find. Students like and respect each other and...

Role: Young Women and Girls Mentor Advocate Based: Hammersmith, Stratford, Finsbury Park and community locations across London Rate: 14.34 PAYE or £18 umb Start Date: ASAP Duration : Temp ongoing Hours: 21 hours per week Either Mon Wed or Wed Friday Hybrid, some home working Our client is looking for two Young Women and Girls Mentor Advocates to provide long-term mentoring support to a small cohort of girls aged 9-13 who are experiencing or at risk of domestic abuse, school exclusion, exploitation, gang involvement or contact with the criminal justice system Synopsis of duties: Provide centre-based and outreach support and adopting a child-centred, strengths-based approach. Support the physical, emotional, social and educational development of young girls, helping them to build communication skills, resilience, confidence and positive relationships. Identify and assess the needs, strengths and goals of young girls on an ongoing basis, carry out safety...

A fantastic School in North London are looking to appoint a 6th Form Academic Mentor who is interested in gaining 1 year of experience in a secondary school before potentially applying for teacher training in September 2027. They would also consider applications from graduates who are passionate about working with young people who are not looking to become a teacher. The role will be to inspire, motivate and increase attainment, improve study techniques, exam preparation and geenral coping strategies for 6th form students. Fantastic Grade 1 Ofsted 11 - 18 School 6th Form Academic Mentor 21,898 - 28,693 1 year contract position to work as a 6th Form Academic Mentor Opportunity to gain experience in Secondary setting - superb for teacher training application Great rates of pay All subject areas considered, you must have an undergraduate degree Lively, interesting and fun support department Great school leadership The school caters for students across the age and...

Katherine Low Settlement (KLS) is a busy local charity that has been serving Battersea and the wider Wandsworth community since 1924. We are dedicated to building stronger communities and enabling people to challenge and find ways out of poverty and isolation. Older people have been at the heart of our work since we were founded. Our Elders Programme supports older people across Battersea and Wandsworth to live active and independent lives, improve their health and wellbeing, and build connections within their community. The programme includes our Core Services, which provide additional support for members with greater support needs, alongside Age Well, Digital Inclusion and Income Maximisation. We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Elders Core Services Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of our Core Services and support a small team of staff, sessional workers and volunteers. This is a varied and hands-on community management role combining people...