Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding

Regular Reflective Supervision | Stable Team & Management | Manageable Caseload | Hybrid | Career Progression Opportunities

Are you keen to progress your career as a practitioner in children’s services, but finding opportunities with your current employer limited?

We’re partnered with Gloucestershire County Council, on a great opportunity for an experienced practitioner to join the Children & Families team as a Senior Social Worker on a permanent basis.

The team is a small one, but with a strong reputation for stability, with vacancies rarely cropping up within the service. This close‑knit team is supported by a super supportive senior management structure, who are all with the authority on a permanent basis and will endeavour to make you feel at home from day 1 – giving you time to settle in and focus on building relationships with the children and families involved in the service, as well as the team around you.

The package also includes:

• Welcome payment of £4000
• Annual retention payment of £2000
• Up to £8000 relocation payment
• 25.5 days annual leave, increasing to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• Flexible working options – to help keep a good work‑life balance
• Learning and development opportunities – career progression
• Regular reflective supervision

The Children & Families service is very stable off the back of children’s services achieving Good and Outstanding across all areas, so you can expect a manageable workload, with cases split evenly across the service. This council is seeking someone who wants to continue to progress their career, with a very realistic route into management and regular opportunities for further career progression on offer.

Also, many of the existing senior management team have progressed through the ranks, so the progression is there to see!

As this is a statutory role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, please call Chris on 0161 240 7897. Or email your up‑to‑date CV to