Social Worker or Advanced Social Worker - Family Safeguarding

West Sussex County Council; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Crawley is seeking a Social Worker or Advanced Social Worker to join their Family Safeguarding East Team. The role involves providing evidence-based interventions to support children and families. Candidates must have a Social Work qualification and be passionate about delivering innovative support. The position offers hybrid working options, generous benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and well-being benefits

Qualifications

• Must have specialist knowledge of social work practice.
• Experience with evidence-based interventions.
• Ability to lead in complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Undertake meaningful interventions for children and families.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Support families to stay together and remain safely at home.

Skills

Passionate social worker

Motivated and resilient

Specialist knowledge of social work practice

Education

Social Work qualification

Job description

About the Job

Salary: £44,015 - £56,545 (inclusive of 12.5% Market Rate Supplement and Crawley Weighting Allowance)

Contract: Fixed Term for Maternity / Parental Leave Cover

Working Pattern: Full time, hybrid working 37 hours per week

Location

Crawley

Join our Family Safeguarding East Team in our offered Social Worker or Advanced Social Worker role, and you will be undertaking meaningful evidence‑based interventions to facilitate positive change for children and families within a supportive team environment.

We are looking for passionate, motivated, and resilient social workers who are excited by a different way of delivering support to children and families to enable lasting change. You will have specialist knowledge of social work practice and expertise to take the lead in complex situations, with the support of our fantastic small practice teams. You will work within a positive, stable team environment where successes are celebrated and individuals have a fantastic platform to develop and grow their skillsets.

Family Safeguarding is a whole family strengths‑based approach to safeguarding children who may be in need of support or at risk of harm. We work with families with children aged 0‑18 years to help them identify and make real changes, so that they can stay together, and children can remain safely at home. Our teams are co‑located multi‑disciplinary teams that include specialist adult practitioners from domestic abuse (to support both victims and perpetrators), substance use / recovery and mental health services to ensure that families are getting support at the right time.

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

Rewards & Benefits

At West Sussex County Council we aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where you can achieve your full potential, gain a healthy work‑life balance, and are rewarded for the work you do with clear pathways to achieve your future aspirations. A few examples of these include :

• Flexible and hybrid working options within your small practice teams, managed by a Team Manager and supported by Child & Family Workers as well as additional flexible administrative support from Coordinators embedded within the service.
• Regular group supervision and peer learning alongside specialist roles within the team to focus on the most vulnerable children.
• We pay your Social Worker England registration fee.
• Excellent learning and development provisions with 5 CPD and training days per year and access to Research in Practice and Community Care Inform.
• An excellent
• Generous holiday entitlement of up to 29 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• Health and well‑being benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.