Social Worker, Family Advocacy & Support Services

Bury Council has a new permanent position available for an Social Work Consultant within the Children’s Workforce Development Team to work full-time based in Bury, Greater Manchester.

Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
Working Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £46,731 – £47,754 per annum

The Council is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the well‑being of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees to uphold this dedication. Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check via the Disclosure and Barring Service at the appropriate level.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Children’s Social Worker looking to take on a leadership role within a multi‑disciplinary, strengths‑based safeguarding approach. The Family Safeguarding Model aims to keep children safely within their families by providing intensive, structured support to parents. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in supporting Social Workers, leading complex casework, and ensuring high standards of safeguarding practice.

• Convenient Parking: Complimentary car parking pass
• Professional Fee Coverage: Reimbursement of your Social Work England registration fees.
• Work‑Life Balance
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  Flexible and adaptable working arrangements to encourage and help you to fulfil a healthy work‑life balance
• Educational
  
  Incentives:
  
  Receive a reward of up to £1000 upon successful completion of the practice educator program for social work students
• Training and Development: Access to extensive training programs
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Exclusive discounts on gym memberships and access to salary sacrifice schemes
• Generous Leave Policy: Enjoy 26 days of annual leave, increasing to 31 days after 5 years of service, plus an extra day of leave during the Christmas period. Additionally, you will have the option to purchase up to 10 extra days of leave.
• Financial Security: Participation in a highly competitive local government pension scheme.

• Provide a professional social work service to children in need, in need of protection, children in care and their families/carers in accordance with the principles of the Children Act.
• Provide specialist and expert advice in the context of particularly complex or challenging social care cases.
• Personally manage a complex and diverse caseload, ensuring children, families and/or carers receive support to meet their assessed needs.
• Lead and undertake assessments or interventions in complex and/or contentious cases.
• Work directly with challenging children, young people and vulnerable service users employing a wide range of social work knowledge, skills, methods and techniques.
• Process referrals and complete assessments in accordance with statutory requirements and departmental policies.
• Contribute to the preparation and implementations of plans for children in need, child in need of protection, children in care, foster carers, adopters and family support.

• Possess a degree in Social Work (such as CQSW, CSS, DiPSW, or an equivalent qualification).
• Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Significant experience in relation to children and families.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting research and generating detailed reports with actionable recommendations.
• Experienced in providing coaching or formal mentoring to individuals or teams (desirable).

If you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Work candidates who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Bury Council is community‑focused and dedicated to empowering both its residents and Social Workers. Joining the team means working in a supportive environment where professional growth is encouraged. The Council offers flexible working arrangements, balancing time between the office, home, and the community.