Consultant Social Worker

About the Team

The Children with Disabilities Team supports children and young people with complex and profound needs arising from their disabilities. We are passionate about working collaboratively with children, families and partner professionals to achieve the best possible outcomes for some of our most vulnerable children. The team undertakes Family Help Assessments and provides support to children in need, those subject to Child Protection Plans, and children in care.

A strong multi-disciplinary approach underpins our practice, with close partnership working across universal and specialist services. This ensures coordinated, holistic support for children, young people and their families. Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family.

Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

The role is Consultant Social Worker covering Nuneaton, Bedworth and North Warwickshire for 18.5 hours per week on a fixed term basis for 12 months until 20th August 2027.

• Based at either Hillary Road Office in Nuneaton.
• Working pattern: 18.5 hours across the week.
• Office based at least once per week; mixture of office and home based working.
• Occasionally required to work outside of these hours in emergencies.

• Ambitious, professional, conscientious Consultant Social Worker.
• Experience with children and young people with complex needs and disabilities.
• Knowledgeable about the challenges experienced by families as a whole and experience supporting children and their families.
• Team player, working with colleagues in a range of disciplines, sharing knowledge and providing support and advice to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and their families.
• Experience supervising others.
• Professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
• Refer a Friend package for some roles (terms and conditions apply).
• A generous pension scheme with employer contribution typically around 19% per month.
• Agile working, generous annual leave entitlement, bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas.
• Access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check. In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, if an individual has a declared criminal offence, an individual assessment will be completed.

Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers; this role requires Fluency Duty. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

To discuss the role please contact Zoe Taylor, Team Manager, email: zoe

Closing Date: 9.7.26
Interview Date: 16.7.26

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.