Children’s Social Worker – Blackpool – Infant Team – £41.91

Ashberry Recruitment; Blackpool; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate and dedicated Senior Social Worker for the Infant Team in Blackpool. This role emphasizes the importance of working collaboratively with families to improve outcomes for children. You will lead by example, providing mentorship to less experienced team members while ensuring high-quality assessments and court statements are delivered. If you are enthusiastic about making a positive impact and are ready for a challenge, this opportunity could be your next career step. Join a team that values transparency, inclusivity, and continuous improvement in child services.

Qualifications

• Experience in child protection and pre-birth assessments is essential.
• Ability to mentor and coach less experienced team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example in providing high-quality assessments and court statements.
• Support team manager in mentoring and coaching staff.

Skills

Pre-birth assessments

Child protection

Complex child in need

Court statements

Mentoring and coaching

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Children’s Social Worker
Team: Infant Team
Location: Blackpool
Rate: £41.91

Blackpool Families Safeguarding – Infant team

We are looking to recruit a Senior Social Worker to our Blackpool – Infant team.

You will have knowledge and experience of undertaking pre-birth assessments, child protection, complex child in need and PLO/Pre proceedings.

You will be able to demonstrate a good quality of work including court statements, assessments etc. and will be able to support the team manager with mentoring and coaching those less experienced members of your team.

You will be enthusiastic, passionate and committed to improving the lived experience of our children.

You will be a role model for the less experienced staff members demonstrating true professionalism in all you do.

This will include providing learning opportunities, reflection and modelling. We are striving to improve our quality and performance and you will lead by example.

Our families, children and young people are at the heart of everything we do in Children’s Services.

In Blackpool we believe children can achieve better outcomes when they are supported by their families and community and as a result we:

1. Work ‘with’ families, not ‘do things to them’.
2. Are child focused, but support the whole family via our strengths based approach.
3. Build and nurture trusted relationships with children and families.
4. Be consistent and do what we say we will do.
5. Ensure that when formal intervention is required, we manage it at the lowest possible level.
6. Support our workforce and challenge them to deliver a great service.
7. Encourage our families and communities to be aspirational for themselves and each other.
8. Respect difference in families and communities and ensure we are inclusive.
9. Be transparent and objective in our decision making.
10. Learn from what works and what does not work and keep developing our services to build on the things that deliver the right outcomes.

If you like the sound of this and are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge – you could be the candidate we are looking for.