Senior Social Worker – Early Intervention & Family Support

Community Care Live; Southampton; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

34 days annual leave

Lease car scheme

Training & supervision

Wellbeing initiatives

Discounted travel benefits

Job summary

Community Care Live is recruiting a Senior Social Worker to join a developing Family Help service in the Southampton area. The role focuses on safeguarding, family support, and early intervention within a reflective, relationship-based practice framework.

You will contribute to multi-agency collaboration, provide supervision to junior staff, and help shape service improvements while maintaining your own practice within a stable team.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Significant experience within statutory children’s social work including safeguarding and looked after children.
• Experience managing complex caseloads within a Children’s Social Worker or Senior Practitioner role.

Responsibilities

• Support children and families through Child in Need, Child Protection and care proceedings work.
• Provide guidance and practice support to colleagues within the Family Help team.
• Build effective multi-agency relationships with health, education and safeguarding partners.
• Deliver relational and evidence-based interventions that promote safety, permanence and positive outcomes.

Skills

Relationship-based practice

Multi-agency collaboration

Case load management

Professional curiosity

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Community Care Live is recruiting a Senior Social Worker to join a developing Family Help service in the Southampton area. The role focuses on safeguarding, family support, and early intervention within a reflective, relationship-based practice framework.

You will contribute to multi-agency collaboration, provide supervision to junior staff, and help shape service improvements while maintaining your own practice within a stable team.