Social Worker, Family Advocacy & Support Services

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 multidisciplinary teams.

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

All of our services are designed to provide safety, growth, and independence for individuals and families.

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.

• Assessment and Support: Provide accurate and objective advice and support to parents, enabling families to thrive.
• Relationships: Build meaningful, professional, and respectful working relationships with the families in our centres, leading the assessment process and completing comprehensive assessments of parenting capacity.
• Caseload Management: Manage a manageable caseload, getting to know families well to tailor assessments to meet their needs and achieve the best opportunities for success.
• Support & Supervision: Benefit from social work qualified line management, supervision, and support from dedicated practice managers.
• Resources: Access legal advice and bespoke training, and opportunities within the social work service to flourish and develop.
• Reporting: Provide evidence‑based, analytical, and comprehensive parenting assessments with clear recommendations for permanency planning for children and families.

• Have a Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
• Minimum 1 year’s post‑qualifying experience with children and families.
• Willingness and ability to work across multiple family assessment centres.
• Experience preparing high‑quality parenting assessment reports for court.
• Honest, objective, and open engagement with families.

• Structured Salary Grades reflecting your experience and qualifications.
• Pay structures at the forefront of National Pay Standards.
• Career progression pathways creating opportunities from Social Worker to Senior Social Worker, Practice Manager, Service Manager, or Head of Service.

• Full induction program before you start.
• Service‑specific training to refine and enhance your skills.
• Funding for training and qualifications through our Nationally Accredited Training Centre.
• Access to effective and timely legal support.

• Comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Employee benefits designed to support health, wellbeing, and personal development.
• Strong management support and supervision to provide guidance, encouragement, and the tools to thrive.

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

Important:
Sponsorship is not available for this position, and all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.