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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Various locations across Leicestershire

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: £34,350 - £41,373 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus a market supplement of £3,283

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 7th May 2025

Interview Date(s): 5th June 2025

Come and be part of our Outstanding Family Safeguarding Service.

It's an exciting time to be a part of Children and Family Services at Leicestershire County Council. Our staff are at the heart of delivering excellent services to children and families across Leicestershire. Come and join us and make a difference in the lives of children and families in Leicestershire.

Our recent Ofsted inspection praised Leicestershire's work to build strong and long-lasting relationships with children and families, leading to many families achieving positive changes in their lives. They highlighted an ambitious and child-focused senior leadership that has successfully created a culture where the experiences and progress of children are at the heart of social work practice.

About the Role

Our Family Safeguarding Service specialises in delivering high-quality Child Protection Services to children and families across Leicestershire. In this role, as an experienced social worker, you will focus on overseeing children subject to child protection plans, alongside pre-proceedings and care proceedings, and therefore experience in this area is essential.

In Leicestershire, we have a fantastic package to provide our workers. This includes the option as a full-time worker to do a 9-day working fortnight, hybrid working, celebrating diversity with a range of events throughout the year, recognition of our staff in annual Pride In Practice events, and fantastic learning and training opportunities - enabling our staff to develop and progress within their roles with committed wellbeing support.

About You

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following 7 essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1,000 words.

1. Have a social work degree or equivalent, e.g., CQSW or DipSW (with a specialism in children's services).
2. Be registered with Social Work England and have evidence of continuing professional development.
3. Experienced in working in statutory child protection services and completion of Care Proceedings.
4. Have a full valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.
5. Be able to evidence your skills and knowledge of creative, innovative and relationship-based social work, working in collaboration with families and professionals. Ideally, you will already be confident in the application of the Signs of Safety methodology.
6. Demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for practice and be committed to helping us build a real culture of reflection and learning.
7. Have retained a strong interest in research and the evidence base for practice and are confident about how this can be used in practice.

An Enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Resourcing Co-ordinator: Jennifer Neville

Telephone: 0116 305 7690

Email: cfs-recruitment@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.