TRAFFIC Eastern Cape

Social Worker - Referral & Assessment - East London

Quid, Inc.

Job Description

Social Worker - Referral & Assessment - East London

East London

Liquid Personnel are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker for the Referral & Assessment Team to join our clients in East London.

Our client is one of the fastest growing parts of the country and the third most diverse London borough. Their communities are attracted by a mixture of excellent schools, relatively affordable housing, high-quality open space and rapid transport connections into the heart of the City.

Your benefits as a Social Worker:

  • Excellent training including Practice Educator & NAAS
  • OUTSTANDING Ofsted report
  • Generous holiday allowance, up to 32 days plus bank holidays
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes
  • Access to comprehensive training and development programme

The role of a Social Worker:

  • Manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases, utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs assessments, care planning and child protection investigations.
  • Completing single and joint s47, including taking part in strategy meeting and supporting with Child Protection medicals
  • Completing S17 Child and Family Assessment including risk assessments, undertaking CIN plans, producing ICPC reports
  • Using direct work tools and resources in sessions with children and their families to help them identify what needs to change and how this could be achieved via a robust trajectory planning
  • Arranging CIN meetings

Essential requirements of this Social Work role:

  • You will hold a degree in Social Work
  • Be registered with Social Work England
  • Have completed your ASYE
  • Social Work qualified, with valid Social Work England registration

If this sounds like it could be the right role for you then please contact Mozz Radwan on or .

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

About This Role

Career insights for Social and Community Service Managers positions

Salary Benchmark
R51,590/month
R32,429 to R77,387/month
Source: WageIndicator ZAR data
Job Outlook
This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.
Key Skills for This Role
Service Orientation Social Perceptiveness Active Learning Active Listening Complex Problem Solving
Common Technologies
Corel WordPerfect Office X9 HCL Notes (formerly IBM Notes) Microsoft Excel 365 Microsoft PowerPoint 365 CRM Systems (Various) Claris FileMaker Microsoft Access 365 HCPCS (Still in use, updated annually)

Job Overview

Date Posted
31 Mar 2026
Location
Eastern Cape, South Africa

Social and Community Service Managers Insights

Median Salary (ZAR)
R51,590/month
Job Outlook
This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

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