Social Work employment contract

School Social Worker and Welfare Employment Contract UK

Name: School Social Worker and Welfare Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: social_work_school_social_worker_welfare_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define child-centred social work across home and school boundaries with clear information-sharing and safeguarding authority.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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When to use this contract

Assess welfare barriers affecting pupils, deliver work directly with children and families, and coordinate school early-help and agency plans.

Workplace context: Care home, community care, client home or agreed care settings.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the schools age range and employment base. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the term-time travel and visit arrangements. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the consent record and information-sharing rules. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the child-protection missing and emergency routes. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering CQC requirements where applicable.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: A School Social Worker addresses barriers affecting pupils' safety, attendance, wellbeing and family engagement. Terms should cover school allocation, consent, pupil meetings, home visits, attendance information, early-help planning, special educational needs interfaces, case records and child-protection escalation. The worker should preserve professional independence, avoid promising confidentiality to pupils and distinguish welfare support from disciplinary or educational decisions. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the schools age range and employment base
the term-time travel and visit arrangements
the consent record and information-sharing rules
the child-protection missing and emergency routes
the manager designated leads education and social-care contacts

Day-to-day operating brief

What School Social Worker (Welfare) work looks like in practice

A School Social Worker addresses barriers affecting pupils' safety, attendance, wellbeing and family engagement. Terms should cover school allocation, consent, pupil meetings, home visits, attendance information, early-help planning, special educational needs interfaces, case records and child-protection escalation. The worker should preserve professional independence, avoid promising confidentiality to pupils and distinguish welfare support from disciplinary or educational decisions. Responsible for providing safe, respectful care or support within competence, following care plans, protecting dignity, maintaining accurate care records and escalating welfare, safeguarding, medication or service concerns promptly The Employee is employed as School Social Worker (Welfare) in the Employer's Social Work business. The role involves providing safe, respectful care or support within competence, following care plans, protecting dignity, maintaining accurate care records and escalating welfare, safeguarding, medication or service concerns promptly The Employee must follow the social work operational controls that apply to school social worker (welfare) work, including CQC requirements where applicable, safeguarding, care planning, medication procedures, dignity and privacy, accurate record keeping, escalation and safe working requirements The Employee must protect care plans, medication records, service user information, safeguarding records, family communications and any related personal data, operational records, system access details or confidential information accessed while performing school social worker (welfare) duties School Social Worker (Welfare) work in Social Work must follow CQC requirements where applicable, safeguarding, care planning, medication procedures, dignity and privacy and the Employer's policies, data protection controls, health and safety rules, records, escalation routes and training requirements School Social Worker (Welfare) Safeguarding awareness Person-centred conduct Record accuracy Work across school and home should reconcile different accounts of absence, distress or peer relationships without treating attendance data as the whole assessment. Meetings need planning that protects the pupil from avoidable stigma and keeps educational staff informed only to the necessary extent.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Assess welfare barriers affecting pupils.
Work directly with children and families.
Coordinate school early-help and agency plans.
Maintain case records and professional reports.
Respond to attendance and safeguarding risk.

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Outputs to agree

assess welfare barriers affecting pupils
work directly with children and families
coordinate school early-help and agency plans

Records and evidence

The schools age range and employment base.
The term-time travel and visit arrangements.
The consent record and information-sharing rules.
The child-protection missing and emergency routes.
Care plans.
Care notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Registered Manager, Service Manager, Team Leader or Care Coordinator. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

A School Social Worker addresses barriers affecting pupils' safety, attendance, wellbeing and family engagement. Terms should cover school allocation, consent, pupil meetings, home visits, attendance information, early-help planning, special educational needs interfaces, case records and child-protection escalation. The worker should preserve professional independence, avoid promising confidentiality to pupils and distinguish welfare support from disciplinary or educational decisions.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Care record systems.
Rostering systems.
Medication records where authorised.
Moving and handling equipment where trained.
Secure communication tools.

Workplace context

Care home, community care, client home or agreed care settings.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

the schools age range and employment base
the term-time travel and visit arrangements
the consent record and information-sharing rules
the child-protection missing and emergency routes

Information the employer should prepare

the schools age range and employment base
the term-time travel and visit arrangements
the consent record and information-sharing rules
the child-protection missing and emergency routes
the manager designated leads education and social-care contacts

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Maintained role evidence

The facts this School Social Worker (Welfare) contract is built around

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Work setting

Care home, community care, client home or agreed care settings.

Primary duties

Assess welfare barriers affecting pupils.
Work directly with children and families.
Coordinate school early-help and agency plans.
Maintain case records and professional reports.

Tools and training to confirm

Care record systems.
Rostering systems.
Medication records where authorised.
Moving and handling equipment where trained.

Governance focus

CQC context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the schools age range and employment base. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the term-time travel and visit arrangements. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the consent record and information-sharing rules.

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School Social Worker (Welfare) duties

Assess welfare barriers affecting pupils, deliver work directly with children and families, and coordinate school early-help and agency plans.

Assess welfare barriers affecting pupils. Work directly with children and families. Coordinate school early-help and agency plans. Maintain case records and professional reports. Respond to attendance and safeguarding risk.

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What is added to the finished contract

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the schools age range and employment base.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the term-time travel and visit arrangements.

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