Social Worker - ROTH & Multi-Agency CP Team Catford
Reference: DC1109300626AM_1782738036
Location: Catford, London
Team: Risk Outside The Home (ROTH) Casework & Multi-Agency Child Protection
Role Type: Social Worker (Adolescents 11+)
Team: Risk Outside The Home (ROTH) Casework & Multi-Agency Child Protection
Role Type: Social Worker (Adolescents 11+)
🌟 About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Social Worker to join a specialist Risk Outside The Home (ROTH) Casework Team & Multi-Agency Child Protection Team based in Catford.
This service works with children and young people aged 11+ who are exposed to extra-familial harm and complex risk factors. You'll play a key role in delivering targeted and statutory interventions where the primary presenting concern relates to risk outside the home.
This is a fast-paced, impactful role requiring confident, skilled practitioners who are passionate about improving outcomes for adolescents.
🔑 Key Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload involving complex adolescent safeguarding and extra-familial risk
- Undertake statutory assessments, interventions, and care planning
- Attend and contribute to Strategy Meetings
- Complete Section 47 investigations
- Chair Child in Need meetings
- Produce high-quality reports for court, conferences, and multi-agency settings
- Maintain accurate, compliant case records
- Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners
- Participate in duty systems as required
- Ensure equality, diversity, and inclusion underpin all practice
- Take responsibility for health & safety for yourself and colleagues
- Engage fully in supervision and professional development
✅ Essential Experience
- Qualified Social Worker (Social Work England registered)
- Minimum 3 years permanent post qualified experience
- Strong experience working with adolescents (11+)
- Proven background in:
- Strategy Meetings
- Section 47 investigations
- Child in Need processes
- Experience managing risk outside the home / contextual safeguarding
- Ability to work confidently within multi-agency frameworks
💡 What We're Looking For
- Passion for working with adolescents in high-risk situations
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills
- Resilience and ability to manage complex caseloads
- Excellent communication and report-writing skills
- Commitment to delivering high-quality, child-centred practice
🤝 Why Work With Me & Caritas?
- 23 years' recruitment experience within social work
- A calm, honest, and supportive approach - no pressure, no hard sell
- Specialist insight into teams, culture, and caseloads
- Access to exclusive roles through long-standing local authority relationships
Caritas is a trusted name in social work recruitment, known for quality, compliance, and strong partnerships across local authorities.
For more information on this role or for a discussion about opportunities across England and Wales please contact Davina at Caritas Recruitment - [email protected] / 07385 031109
Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Social Worker - ROTH & Multi-Agency CP Team Catford
Greater London
Temporary