Social Worker, Family Advocacy & Support Services

Across our Children in Care, Family Help and Refugee teams, you'll support children, young people and families through key stages of their journey. In the Children in Care Teams, you'll support care experienced children by meeting statutory duties, helping them move from residential care into foster or post‑16 placements and completing a range of assessments while working with partners to safeguard young people at risk of exploitation.

Within our Family Help Teams, you'll deliver strengths based interventions and family plans that keep children safely ough practical, solution‑focused support, you'll help families build on their strengths, overcome challenges and achieve better long‑term outcomes. Joining our Refugee Teams, you'll work with separated children, unaccompanied minors, care leavers and families with No Recourse to Public Funds – from arrival and initial assessments, through navigating the asylum process and moving towards independence, with a focus on family reunification.

Build strong, meaningful relationships with children and families to enable positive change. Lead on assessments, care planning, and interventions that safeguard and promote wellbeing. Work collaboratively with multi‑agency partners to deliver effective, holistic support. Manage complex caseloads with autonomy, creativity, and a strong focus on outcomes. Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will provide mentoring and practice support to colleagues, role model high standards of social work, and contribute to reflective practice and service development. You are a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England and have experience working in a UK‑based statutory social work setting. You have a minimum of 3 years post‑qualifying experience and are comfortable mentoring colleagues and role‑modeling best practice.

You possess strong relationship building and communication skills, the ability to engage families and build trust. You are confident in assessing risk, analysing information, developing effective plans, and producing clear, high‑quality reports. You have a sound understanding of safeguarding, relevant legal frameworks, equality, and best value principles. You are able to manage complex caseloads and work effectively within multi‑agency settings.

You bring a creative, flexible and forward‑thinking approach to practice.

Regular, reflective supervision and a culture that values your voice.

Including a 9‑day fortnight and hybrid options to support work‑life balance.

5 personal development days per year and access to excellent learning opportunities through our DfE ‘Partner in Practice’ initiative.

Dedicated business support team to free up your time for frontline work.

Up to £8,500 available for experienced UK‑based Social Workers relocating to Hampshire (subject to management approval).

Access to Health Assured’s comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.

Generous annual leave, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.