Our client Swindon council is looking for an Experienced Social Worker to join their Family Safeguarding Team.
Job Purpose
The Experienced Social Worker will deliver high-quality, child-centred social work services to children, young people, and their families within the Family Safeguarding Team. The post holder will manage complex safeguarding cases, undertake statutory assessments and interventions, and work collaboratively with families and multi-agency partners to reduce risk, promote family strengths, and improve outcomes for children. The role requires skilled assessment, evidence-based decision-making, and a commitment to restorative and strengths-based practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a complex caseload involving Children in Need, Child Protection, Public Law Outline (PLO), and care proceedings.
- Undertake Child and Family Assessments in accordance with statutory guidance and local procedures.
- Complete Section 47 enquiries and coordinate safeguarding investigations where concerns of significant harm arise.
- Develop, implement, monitor, and review Child in Need, Child Protection, and Care Plans to ensure children's safety and wellbeing.
- Build purposeful relationships with children, young people, and families, using strengths-based and restorative approaches to achieve sustainable change.
- Undertake direct work with children to understand and represent their wishes, feelings, and lived experiences.
- Identify risks, analyse complex information, and make evidence-based decisions to safeguard children.
- Prepare high-quality assessments, reports, court statements, and care plans within statutory timescales.
- Represent Children's Services at child protection conferences, strategy meetings, legal planning meetings, Public Law Outline meetings, and court proceedings.
- Work collaboratively with partner agencies, including health services, education, police, probation, domestic abuse specialists, substance misuse practitioners, adult mental health services, housing, and voluntary organisations.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary Family Safeguarding Team meetings and contribute to coordinated intervention plans.
- Promote permanence planning where children cannot safely remain within their family.
- Maintain accurate, analytical, and timely case recordings using the local authority's electronic case management system.
- Participate in duty systems and respond promptly to safeguarding concerns.
- Provide mentoring and practice support to newly qualified social workers, students, or less experienced colleagues where appropriate.
- Contribute to service improvement initiatives, audits, and quality assurance activities
Benefits of working with Remedy
- A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
- Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
- Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
- Double payrolls each week.
Terms & Conditions apply
You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.
Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.
