Social Care jobs in London

What you would do

• Plan and execute structured, age-appropriate activities such as multi-sports, games, arts and crafts, and structured play.
• Follow Health and Safety protocols, including sign-in/sign-out processes and keeping accident/incident forms up to date.
• Provide refreshments for children while maintaining hygiene standards.
• Set up and pack away play spaces and move furniture and equipment.
• Conduct regular maintenance and safety checks on equipment and kit.
• Provide first aid where necessary.

Skills

What you would do

• Manage a complex caseload of families with NRPF status and those who are intentionally homeless, ensuring children's safety and wellbeing.
• Undertake NRPF visits to families mainly based outside of London.
• Complete high-quality statutory assessments, including Child in Need and Human Rights Assessments.
• Develop and deliver strengths-based, outcome-focused plans.
• Work with families facing housing instability to secure sustainable solutions.
• Build partnerships with housing, legal services, Family Hubs, the Home Office, and voluntary organisations.

Skills

What you would do

• Lead and support delivery of high-quality early years provision.
• Plan and deliver age-appropriate activities through play, creativity, exploration and physical activity.
• Support children's individual development, interests and needs.
• Maintain safeguarding and child protection standards.
• Follow health and safety policies.
• Maintain accurate records, registers and documentation.

Skills

What you would do

• Provide sole and shared care for two children aged 6 and 4.5 in a private household.
• Maintain a calm, structured approach with clear and consistent boundaries.
• Be available long term, with some flexibility during school holidays.
• Provide high-quality childcare in a private home setting.

Skills

What you would do

• Provide day and night care of twin boys (20 hours/day, 6 days/week) at multiple international homes.
• Travel and fly with babies across Europe, Switzerland and South America.
• Work closely with the mother and coordinate with other household staff.
• Maintain up-to-date enhanced criminal background check and checkable references.

Skills

What you would do

• Undertake and record clinical observations and procedures (vital signs, urinalysis, blood glucose, ECGs, spirometry, venepuncture) under training and protocol.
• Support research nurses with participant assessments and examinations.
• Administer medicines or vaccinations where trained and authorised.
• Act as chaperone and support participant privacy and dignity.
• Maintain clean, safe clinical environments per infection prevention requirements.
• Support participant recruitment via invitations, reminders and follow-up.

Skills

What you would do

• Support temporarily approved and fully approved connected carers in accordance with care planning regulations and National Minimum Standards (NMS 30).
• Support Special Guardians through a model ensuring stability, minimal interference, and breakdown prevention.
• Provide post-order support to Special Guardians to promote stability and family resilience.
• Promote and embed good practice in permanency planning.
• Conduct quality assurance.
• Establish and nurture multi-agency relationships.

Skills

What you would do

• Carry out in-depth interviews with households approaching the Council because they are threatened with homelessness.
• Advise customers on housing options available to them.
• Complete Personal Housing Plans.
• Investigate complex housing situations and issue decisions in accordance with the Housing Act 1996 as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
• Provide advice, advocacy, negotiation and mediation to prevent or relieve homelessness.
• Handle complaints and enquiries from the public.

Skills

What you would do

• Hold a caseload of young people aged 18-24 with learning disabilities, implementing short and long term interventions to promote independence and wellbeing in the community.
• Undertake social care assessments, reviews and support planning.
• Conduct mental capacity assessments and use Continuing Health Care decision support tools.
• Carry out safeguarding enquiries when necessary.
• Build and develop relationships with partners in the voluntary, community and faith sector, and health.
• Work within multi-disciplinary settings.

Skills

What you would do

• Supporting nursery-aged children (3-4 years) in an EYFS classroom setting.
• Documenting observations using Tapestry or similar online learning journal system.
• Applying positive behaviour management techniques.
• Collaborating with the EYFS team.
• Contributing to early years learning using outdoor spaces and resources.

Skills

What you would do

• Lead and support the Young People's team to provide practical and emotional housing-related support, including key working, support planning, risk management, and move-on planning.
• Allocate suitable key workers and monitor the quality and effectiveness of key work sessions and outcome tracking.
• Work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to provide holistic support.
• Promote safety and wellbeing by responding to risk, safeguarding concerns, accidents, and incidents.
• Ensure young people are involved in running their homes through house meetings and coaching workshops.
• Manage housing and property management processes, including voids, referrals, relets, tenancy sustainment, rent and service charge income, repairs, and health and safety checks.

Skills

What you would do

• Undertake complex assessments of children, young people and families with complex needs.
• Identify and address risk.
• Develop, implement and review care plans.
• Undertake direct work with children and young people, ensuring their views and wishes inform their care and support.
• Work alongside families, carers and partner agencies to ensure children's safety, development and wellbeing.
• Support children in need, child protection, children looked after, disabled children and young people, fostering and permanence work.

Skills

What you would do

• Work creatively and collaboratively with children, young people, and their families using relational, trauma-informed, and strength-based approaches.
• Deliver high-quality interventions for children with disabilities and their families.
• Coordinate multi-agency support to ensure children receive the right help at the right time.
• Contribute to reflective practice across the team.
• Inspire, motivate, manage, and lead colleagues.

Skills

What you would do

• Work relationally with children and young people at risk, including planning and interventions within a multi-agency context.
• Deliver multi-agency preventative support to reduce risk and prevent offending.
• Support families with persistent absence, missing from home, substance misuse, behavioural challenges, and mental health needs.
• Participate in delivery of youth justice programmes individually and in groups.
• Carry out case management and report writing on young people's assessed needs.
• Analyse information to inform assessments and decisions regarding criminal justice proceedings.

Skills

What you would do

• Lead and manage day-to-day operations of the nursery site, ensuring a safe, caring, stimulating, and inclusive environment.
• Oversee delivery of a play-based EYFS curriculum enabling individual child progress.
• Ensure compliance with OFSTED and safeguarding requirements.
• Lead, coach, train, and develop the nursery team.
• Oversee planning and assessment processes aligned with early learning outcomes.
• Build positive relationships with parents and carers.

Skills

What you would do

• Provide professional management and case supervision for a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist social care and enablement services for adults.
• Ensure compliance with the service's standards and processes.
• Operate within service priorities of increasing user choice and control.
• Meet the four social care outcomes: enhancing quality of life, delaying and reducing need for care, ensuring positive care experience, and safeguarding vulnerable adults.
• Handle complex cases and manage a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

What you would do

• Plan and deliver age-appropriate sessions combining life skills with fundamental football skills and techniques.
• Deliver engaging sessions across the Premier League Kicks programme, including disability and girls' provision.
• Support delivery of tournaments and matches, including officiating and managing participants to ensure equal playing time.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with participants, parents/carers, community partners and colleagues.
• Maintain accurate attendance and feedback records for monitoring and evaluation.
• Promote a safe, inclusive environment and fulfil safeguarding responsibilities.

Skills

What you would do

• Perform general and deep cleaning throughout the health club to uphold hygiene standards.
• Greet members warmly and provide prompt, professional assistance as needed.
• Report lost property, accidents, maintenance needs, and other incidents in a timely manner.
• Maintain compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness regulations.

Skills

What you would do

• Conduct safeguarding checks and risk assessments within family court proceedings.
• Gather, analyse, and evaluate complex information relating to child welfare and protection concerns.
• Prepare high-quality court reports, statements, and recommendations.
• Represent and advocate for the child's wishes, feelings, and best interests.
• Undertake direct work with children, young people, and families.
• Provide expert advice to courts on safeguarding and welfare matters.

Skills

What you would do

• Lead and support the identification of strategic opportunities for research and knowledge exchange in health and social care within the School of Health and Medical Sciences.
• Acquire research grants and build methodological capacity among academic staff.
• Provide mentorship to academics and engage in teaching and training activities related to health and social care informatics.
• Champion and facilitate collaboration with diverse stakeholders, including under-served groups, to co-produce research and education.
• Contribute to the design, delivery, dissemination, and leadership of research programs focusing on care across the lifespan, digital technology implementation, and population health.

Skills