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Locality Social Worker - Children's Services

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 04 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog: £42,512 i £44,569 bob blwyddyn
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 01 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad: Buckinghamshire, South East England
Gweithio o bell: Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos
Cwmni: Buckinghamshire Council
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: BUC11431

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Overview
Are you passionate about improving the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work for an employer who places major importance on high quality supervision, wellbeing and career development?

As a children’s social worker, you’ll have the incredible opportunity to shape futures and create lasting positive memories. Your role will be more than a job, it’ll be a chance to be a friend, mentor and advocate. You’ll work closely with children, families, schools, and other professionals to ensure that every child’s unique needs are met. Your empathy, patience and dedication will be the driving force behind meaningful change in their lives.

At Buckinghamshire Council we have an opportunity for a high calibre experienced Social Worker to join one of our newly created Locality Hubs.

In addition to the salary advertised, you will receive a market premium of £2,750 per annum.

About us
Locality teams deliver statutory and targeted early help services to children and young people in need of support, protection and care.

Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally. 

About the role
As a Social Worker in Children's Services, you will deliver statutory and targeted early help services to children and young people in need of support, protection, and care. You will have case holding responsibility and work collaboratively with parents, carers, and multi-disciplinary professionals to develop support, protection, and care plans to meet the assessed needs of children and young people.

Some of your day-to-day tasks will include:

Undertaking statutory social work assessments
Establishing a rapport and building a relationship with children and young people
Monitoring and reviewing the impact of support, protection, and care plans
Maintaining all necessary records and documentation
For more information on the role, please refer to the job description.

About you
We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate individual with a recognized social work qualification and active HCPC registration. You should have demonstrable experience in direct work with vulnerable children and young people, as well as experience working in partnership with parents, carers, and multi-disciplinary professionals. You should also have a working knowledge of relevant legislative, procedural, and theoretical frameworks for working with children and families.

For more information on the criteria, please refer to the job description.

Other information
If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact

North Team:

Cariena Voss at cariena.voss@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

Rocky Band at rocky.band@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

South Team:

Michele Grady at michele.grady@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

Elizabeth Botsford at Elizabeth.Botsford@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

Closing date: Midnight on 1st July 2025.

Interview date: TBC

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

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