Advanced Social Worker
CompanyCroydon Council
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/17/2026
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Job Description
Advanced Social Worker
Job Title: Advanced Social Worker, Hours 36hrs per week
Service: Croydon Adult Social Care – Disability Services- 25-65 Service
Grade: 14, Salary: £51,522 - £53,607
Contract: Permanent / Full-Time
About The Role
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Advanced Social Worker to join Croydon Adult Social Care (Disability North Team). This is a critical leadership role, providing practice leadership, professional oversight, and expert support, coaching and guidance to social care staff with varied skills and experience while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred, and legally compliant services.
You will work closely with the Team Manager andwith other professionals from a wide range of organisations, to offer a joined-up, collaborative approach to support vulnerable and disadvantaged residents live independently in their communities to support service delivery, manage complex cases, and lead on best practice, safeguarding, and continuous improvement.In line the Council’s Transformation Plan 2024-29 and Service Objectives you will adopt the customer first approach. Your shared goal will be to provide the best care and support in the community as far as possible.
We are proud to say you will be well supported with regular supervision, management support as well as peer-to-peer learning. You will work within a friendly and fantastic team of passionate professionals who put the well-being of staff at the heart of practice. Our diverse team is committed to making a positive difference to our residents' lives
Key Responsibilities
As an Advanced Social Worker, you will:
Advanced Social Worker
Job Title: Advanced Social Worker, Hours 36hrs per week
Service: Croydon Adult Social Care – Disability Services- 25-65 Service
Grade: 14, Salary: £51,522 - £53,607
Contract: Permanent / Full-Time
About The Role
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Advanced Social Worker to join Croydon Adult Social Care (Disability North Team). This is a critical leadership role, providing practice leadership, professional oversight, and expert support, coaching and guidance to social care staff with varied skills and experience while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred, and legally compliant services.
You will work closely with the Team Manager andwith other professionals from a wide range of organisations, to offer a joined-up, collaborative approach to support vulnerable and disadvantaged residents live independently in their communities to support service delivery, manage complex cases, and lead on best practice, safeguarding, and continuous improvement.In line the Council’s Transformation Plan 2024-29 and Service Objectives you will adopt the customer first approach. Your shared goal will be to provide the best care and support in the community as far as possible.
We are proud to say you will be well supported with regular supervision, management support as well as peer-to-peer learning. You will work within a friendly and fantastic team of passionate professionals who put the well-being of staff at the heart of practice. Our diverse team is committed to making a positive difference to our residents' lives
Key Responsibilities
As an Advanced Social Worker, you will:
- Provide practice leadership and professional supervision support to qualified and unqualified social carestaff
- Lead on complex, high-risk, and safeguarding cases, offering specialist advice and decision-making
You will be:
- A qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England
- Highly experienced in adult social care, ideally within disability services
- Confident managing complex casework and safeguarding concerns
- Skilled in providing professional leadership, guidance, and challenge
- Passionate about improving outcomes for adults with disabilities
- Organised, resilient, and able to balance practice leadership with operational demands
- Able to travel independently in and out of borough in connection with work and undertake client visits in varied community settings – Licenced Car Driver will be preferable.
- Social Work qualification recognised by and registered with Social Work England (SWE)
- Awareness of strengths based, person centred approaches to social work and social care, including strengths-based assessments, and person-centred support planning
- Awareness of needs, assets, risks and issues relating to adults with social care needs and their carers
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation/policies/codes of practice/guidance.
- Knowledge of the benefits/welfare system
- Knowledge of diverse communities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Knowledge of adult protection issues
About Us
Croydon Council’s priorities
The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services
- Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
- Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses
- Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
- Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
- Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities
- Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
- Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
- Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home
- People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
- Croydon Council’s new ways of working
Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Suc
cessful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.