Advanced Social Worker

We have an opportunity for an experienced Advanced Social worker to join our assessment and staying together team on a full-time basis.

You would be supporting vulnerable children, and the families through child protection planning and care proceedings. Ensuring the needs of children are paramount and their voice is central to the work you do.

Our Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county. They take pride in supporting children and families and we’re equally proud to help them give their best in whatever ways we can. That’s why you can expect everything from agile and flexible working options to exceptional learning and development if you join our team. You can also expect our commitment to creating the best service we can.

As an advanced practitioner within an assessment and staying together team, you will support children and families who are supported via Child Protection Planning
, Public Law Outli
ne, and
care proceedings
.

This will involve completing meaningful visits to children, and regular multiagency meetings to ensure plans are progressed in a child focussed and timely way.

You will be expected to complete child focussed assessments and documents for reviews meetings and court. Therefore, being confident in both public and private proceedings is key to this role.

• Experienced Qualified Social Worker having completed your ASYE year
• Registered with Social Work England
• Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle
• Have a firm understanding of public and private family law proceedings
• Be passionate about child centred practice

But above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.

Interviews will take place week beginning 12th October 2026.

For information, please note that there is currently an ongoing review within Children and Families to realign individual teams and the wider team’s ways of working. As a result, this role may be affected by the review. For further information, please speak to the hiring manager.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

Please note:
The minimum essential criteria in the ideal section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes.

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Our recruitment process:

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