Senior Social Worker - Children's Specialist Safeguarding Team

Job summary

Are you a Senior Social Worker looking to join a team where your professional judgement, leadership and commitment to excellence will transform lives every day? Bracknell Childrens Social Care are proud to have achieved an Outstanding in all areas grading in December 2025. Staff shared with inspectors they appreciate leaders visibility, approachability and unwavering commitment to children, all factors that underpin their decision to continue their careers in Bracknell Forest.

Key responsibilities

• To hold a caseload and provide assessment, care planning, intervention and family support in line with expertise commensurate to a senior practitioner.
• To promote listening to children at every opportunity, ensuring their views are heard, recorded and acted upon in an appropriate and timely manner and to ensure life journey work is completed with children and young people in accordance with their age and understanding.
• To assess and identify the needs of children and families referred and negotiate delivery of services by determining how these needs can be best met in accordance with statutory responsibilities and council policies using best value principles.
• To work alongside partner agencies, for example voluntary and statutory and within the context of the care plan for children and families to ensure the provision of appropriate and effective services.
• To develop and maintain accurate case records and comply with the department's policies, procedures and guidelines including data protection and GDPR.
• To participate in regular reflective supervision and be able to set clear goals and intervention strategies.
• To support and mentor less experienced colleagues including newly qualified Social Workers, Family workers and Social Work Students.

About the team

The Childrens Specialist Safeguarding Team - CSST is a highly skilled team working with children who have disabilities and, or complex health needs. We provide a wide range of services for children with additional needs and those who may be more vulnerable. This includes delivering the councils statutory responsibilities for disabled children in need within the community, such as care packages, practical support and access to short breaks.

The team brings together an eclectic mix of expertise across different service areas, covering a broad spectrum of work with children with disabilities, Occupational Therapy, and Short Breaks, including Larchwood, our dedicated short break respite unit. Social workers in CSST focus on disabled children's lived experiences and take time to understand their specific needs. As a result, they are able to identify neglect early and use practical toolkits to support parents to make positive changes.

When risks escalated, decisive action is taken, meaning you are well supported in your role to keep children safe. Children also benefit from excellent holistic support that meets their identified occupational therapy and speech and language needs, helping to ensure their overall wellbeing and developmental progress.

Date posted: 28 August 2026

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £50,570 to £53,804 a year Plus a one-off WP of £7,000 (T&Cs) and 4% RP after 2 years

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: F

Job locations: Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1JD
, United Kingdom

Please refer to the job description and person specification document attached to this advert for full details of this role.

• BSc/MA in Social Work or equivalent
• Social Work England registration

• P Q Training in children and families
• Experience in working with children and families in fieldwork setting
• Post qualifying experience and training including Child Protection and Children Looked After
• Experience of working with children, young people with disabilities and their families
• Practice Educator or working towards

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made…