Social Worker, Child Development​/Support

As a national leader in Social Care for over 25 years, we are committed to innovation, excellence, and making a real impact. Our nurturing and empowering culture allows us to deliver exceptional services through our highly skilled, committed, and multi-disciplinary teams.

• Family Assessment
• Children’s Residential
• 16+ Supported Living
• Learning Disabilities

At Progressive Care, our brand stands for trust, quality, and care. Every service we provide is thoughtfully designed to deliver excellence, consistency, and a meaningful impact. With a professional and person-centered approach, we ensure reliability and progress, creating lasting value for those we care and support.

• Provide accurate and objective advice and support to parents, enabling families to thrive.
• Build meaningful, professional, and respectful working relationships with families in our centres, leading the assessment process and completing comprehensive assessments of parenting capacity.
• Maintain a manageable caseload to tailor assessments to meet families’ needs and provide the best opportunities for success.
• Receive line management, supervision, and support from dedicated social work practice managers.
• Access legal advice, bespoke training, and opportunities to flourish and develop within the social work service.
• Provide evidence-based, analytical, and comprehensive parenting assessments, offering clear recommendations for permanency planning for children and their families.

• Hold a Social Work Qualification.
• Be registered with Social Work England.
• Possess a minimum of one year post-qualifying experience with children and families.
• Demonstrate willingness and ability to work across multiple family assessment centres.
• Be experienced in preparing high-quality parenting assessment reports for court.
• Be honest, objective, and open when working with families to complete robust parenting assessments.

• Structured salary grades that reflect your experience and qualifications.
• Pay structures aligned with national standards.

• Social Worker
• Senior Social Worker
• Practice Manager
• Service Manager
• Head of Service

• Full induction program before you start.
• Service-specific training to refine and enhance your skills.
• Full funding of training and qualifications through our nationally accredited training centre.
• Access to effective and timely legal support.

• Access to employee benefits designed to support your health, wellbeing, and personal development.

• Strong management support and supervision to provide guidance, encouragement, and the tools to thrive in your role and career.

• Enhanced DBS checks are conducted for all hired personnel due to the nature of this role.
• Due to the nature of this role, progressive care conducts enhanced background checks through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) for all hired personnel.

Due to the nature of this role, Progressive Care conducts enhanced background checks through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) for all hired personnel.

Please note that sponsorship is not available for this position, and all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.