Senior ECET Worker

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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Senior ECET Worker
• Job Location:
  
  The Vibe
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Closing Date: 15/02/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13205
• This post is open to job share

We are recruiting for a Senior Exploitation & Complex Engagement Case Responsible Officer for our new Harm Outside The Home team (HOTH).

As a Senior Exploitation & Complex Engagement Case Responsible Officer, you will be confident, experienced and committed to working alongside others to promote a learning culture and support managers in the continuous improvement and development of harm outside the home practice. You will work with children and families with more complex needs, and you may be asked to oversee the practice of others.

You will take a lead role in the continuous development of practice and ensure that we keep children at the heart of our assessments, interventions and decision making so that they and their families receive coordinated and appropriate support.

• Graduate or equivalent professional qualification (Level 4 NVQ, Social Care, Education, Youth Work, Advice & Guidance, LDSS, Criminal Justice, Health).
• Flexibility to meet the needs of children and young people, including some work outside normal office hours and across Gloucestershire.
• Ability to drive or travel across the county in line with service need
• DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children’s)
• Trained in the AIM framework for working with adolescents who display harmful sexual behaviour or willing to undertake this training

• Between £41,771 - £47,181 per annum subject to experience
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly policies and benefits
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular supervision
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with free confidential counselling and advice, available 24 hours
• In-house Occupational Health service
• Links to employee networks (e.g., Prism LGBT+ and Young Employees Network)
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Access to Social Work Academy
• Cycle to Work scheme and Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria apply)

Interviews are due to take place in person on Tuesday 24 February and Wednesday 25 February. We reserve the right to close the advertisement earlier if we receive a suitable number of applications. The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates must have the right to work to commit to at least 6 months of employment.

Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role.

If you are an internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability under the Equality Act (2010), please declare this by email to CSWrecrui This is not currently covered in the application due to a technical error. Providing this information may ensure a guaranteed interview if you meet essential shortlisting criteria and allows reasonable adjustments during the interview process.

Under Safer Recruitment, if invited to interview we will take safeguarding references prior to your interview. Please provide details of at least two referees, one of whom must be your present or last employer and the other from a previous employer. We do not accept references from friends or family members who are not more senior. We may use Docu Sign to contact referees where appropriate.

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Jane Willett  or Fiona Walker at Fiona.

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Additional Information

Ifc you are an Internal applicant, please be aware of disability considerations described above. This position is subject to a DBS check. Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of roles.