About this role

We are looking for Social Workers who are passionate about getting it right for children and their families the first time. 

Working with us, you’ll be able to take advantage of our robust training offer to develop and progress within our service. We are proud that Central Bedfordshire enable’s workers to gain a vast amount of experience working with families at child in need, child protection and court work.

The Local Authority’s Children’s Services department is aspiring to progress from the current ‘Good’ Ofsted rating to be an ‘Outstanding’ Children’s Services, ensuring that our children and young people have the best support and achieve their best outcomes.  Children’s Services at Central Bedfordshire Council has been awarded social work ‘employer of the year’.

About you

You will have:

• Experience in managing a varied caseload of children, visiting families, completing direct work with children to understand their views and lived experiences.
• Experience chairing multi-agency meetings and liaising with a range of other professionals to support our most vulnerable children.
• Proven experience having an impact on families in achieving positive outcomes for children
• Excellent verbal communication skills to enable you to communicate effectively with children, parents and other agencies, and the written skills to present high-quality assessments and reports.
• A passion for delivery of high quality services and interventions to vulnerable children

We are able to provide you with:

• Access to training in Systemic Practice and Motivational Training
• Support to complete Practice Education qualifications
• Support to complete a post-qualifying Masters in Child and Family Social Work
• Regular personal and group supervisions
• Supportive Managers, Senior Leaders and Teams 
• Manageable caseloads allowing for outstanding work