Consultant Social Worker - Rugby

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Rugby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government organization in Rugby seeks a part-time Consultant Social Worker/Lead Practitioner for their Children With Disabilities service. This role involves supervising social workers, delivering high-quality support to families, and adhering to policies. The ideal candidate should have a professional Social Work qualification and registration. The position offers a supportive environment with benefits including generous annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Supportive management and supervision policies

Refer a Friend package

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or mentoring colleagues.
• Professional Social Work qualification and registration are essential.
• Ability to digitally operate various IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Support high-quality assessments and support to children and families.
• Assist Team Leader in service delivery according to policies.
• Supervise practice and decision-making of child and family staff.

Skills

Supervising students or mentoring colleagues

Computer literacy

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Social Work England Registration

Job description

About the Team:

Consultant Social Worker/Lead Practitioner (Children With Disabilities Team).

We are seeking a part time (18.5hrs) Consultant Social Worker/Lead Practitioner for our 0-18 Children With Disabilities service, although our service is county wide the post will be primarily East based (covering Rugby and vicinity).

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.

Our Offer to you includes:

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply.

About the Role:

We are recruiting for the role of a part time (18.5 hrs) Consultant Social Worker in our Children With Disabilities Team covering Rugby and vicinity.

Details of the role

• To support Children's Social Work Practice, to ensure delivery of high-quality assessments and support to children and their families.
• To assist Team Leader in the safe, efficient, and effective delivery of services to Children and Families in accordance with Warwickshire Children and Families’ Policies and Procedures.
• To supervise the practice and decision-making of child and family staff, and to develop the skills of individuals and teams within children and families.
• To be responsible for mentoring, supervision and support to social workers and family support staff.

Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure.

Key Requirements:

• Experience of supervising students or mentoring colleagues.
• Completion of Assessed and Supported Year of Employment ASYE, EPD Early Professional Development (EPD) programme, Enabling Others and Teaching and Assessing for Professional practice (TAPP) to underpin substantial experience.
• Alternative qualifications/routes which can demonstrate substantial experience, learning and reflection will be considered.
• Non-disabled applicants must be able to drive, have a full, valid driving licence and have a vehicle available for work. Disabled applicants must be able to travel to perform the functions of their role (with assistance where necessary).
• To be computer literate and operate a range of information technology systems to meet service need in relation to the social work role.
• The role may require at times weekend or out of hours working.

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more visit Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information:

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

To discuss the role please contact Julie Price, email [e-mail].

Closing Date: 15.01.2026
Interview Date: 21.01.2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more