- We offer flexible working and home working
- We offer great benefits, including a local government pension scheme
- You can park for free at our Swindon site
- Our salaries are competitive
- We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000
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Family Safeguarding Team Coordinator
3 weeks ago
Swindon Borough Council Swindon, United KingdomAt Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that's who we're doing it for - the communities and businesses that make our town gr ...
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Advanced Practitioner- Safeguarding Team
4 days ago
GCS Recruitment Specialists Ltd Gloucestershire, United Kingdomjust off the M5. Pay Rate - £47ph. Contract for 3- 6 months initially. Flexible hybrid working. · An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Safeguarding Team Manager in Gloucestershire. who will have safeguarding experience to lead, manage and be accountable for a team of Social W ...
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Safeguarding Social Work Team Manager
6 days ago
Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Swindon, United Kingdom £56,381Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Fostering Team to work full time based in Medway. · The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £56,381 per annum · Main duties: ...
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Social Worker, Family Safeguarding Team
2 weeks ago
Swindon Borough Council Swindon, United KingdomPaediatric Speech and Language Therapist Job specification · Location: · Swindon · Hours: · 37 · 16/05/2024 · Job reference: · F RNR002171 · Interview date: · 04/06/2024 · Date posted: · 25/04/2024 · At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can b ...
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Headington, United KingdomTo provide an effective comprehensive range of administration support to the safeguarding liaison and child mortality team, being sensitive and maintaining a professional response to the challenging work required. This will require the use of excellent interpersonal and communica ...
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Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust Headington, United KingdomSupporting staff and negotiating and influencing skills to help empower staff to take the necessary action to safeguard children and their families. Work with others towards achieving shared values and learning from mistakes. Being open to the opinion of others, and able to give ...
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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United Kingdom**Hours**: 16 per week (2 days, or · The role of Children's and Maternity Administrator is an exciting opportunity to work in a friendly, supportive, forward thinking, dynamic safeguarding service at the Great Western Hospital NHS FT Swindon. · This is an interesting and varied ...
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Named Professional for Safeguarding Children
2 weeks ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomThis is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking and dynamic integrated safeguarding team at an Acute Trust as the Named Professional for Safeguarding Children. Working with the Associate and Deputy Associate Directors of Safeguarding the post holder will collab ...
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Named Professional for Safeguarding Children
3 weeks ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomThis is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking and dynamic integrated safeguarding team at an Acute Trust as the Named Professional for Safeguarding Children. Working with the Associate and Deputy Associate Directors of Safeguarding the post holder will collab ...
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Specialist Safeguarding Children Professional
2 weeks ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomThe successful applicant will provide support to the Named Nurse for Safeguarding and other safeguarding team members in both maternity and adult services. The aim of the role is to provide support in providing health information for strategy meetings, reviewing referrals made to ...
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Experienced Family Safeguarding Social Worker
2 weeks ago
Akton Recruitment Ltd Swindon, United Kingdom**Experienced Family Safeguarding Social Worker** · **Swindon** · **£45/hr** · Swindon Borough Council currently require an Experienced Social Worker within the Family Safeguarding Service. · **Social Workers must have with experience and skill to**: · - Undertake comprehensive a ...
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Safeguarding Officer
2 weeks ago
Protocol Swindon, United Kingdom**Protocol are delighted to be recruiting for a Safeguarding Officer within an educational establishment in the Swindon area.** · **Salary: £22,178pa.** · **FTE £25,917pa** · **TERM TIME ONLY** · **39 weeks per year** · **Permanent** · **JOB PURPOSE**: · The post-holder will work ...
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Experienced Social Worker
2 weeks ago
Akton Recruitment Ltd Swindon, United Kingdom**Experienced Social Worker** · **Swindon Borough** · **£35/hr** · We are in the process of transferring our mental health social work service back under council control since it was previously in a mental health trust. whilst we recruit to the small team we need some agency work ...
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Social Work Enquiry Manager
2 weeks ago
Sirona Medical Swindon, United KingdomSirona Medical's Social Work Department are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker required to carry out Safeguarding Screening and Enquires within Adult safeguarding Team. · - A relevant Social Work qualification (BA/MA Social Work/DipSW or equivalent) · - Be Social Work En ...
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Crisis Advocate
2 weeks ago
First Light UK Swindon, United Kingdom**ROLE PROFILE** · **Role **Crisis Advocate **Service **Swindon and Wiltshire SARC · **Title** · The Crisis Advocate will: · **The Role** · - Support recent or non-recent survivors of rape or sexual abuse who wish to access the Swindon & Wiltshire ISVA service · - Maintain surviv ...
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Qualified Social Worker School Team
3 weeks ago
Eden Brown Synergy Swindon, United KingdomSwindon Borough Council now have an opportunity for an Experienced Social Worker to join the Social Worker in Schools Team as part of a Schools Project, working with the Department for Education who are piloting the programme. · The appointed Social Worker will be based within a ...
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Qualified Social Worker Schools Project
3 weeks ago
Eden Brown Synergy Swindon, United KingdomWe are working with Swindon Council to recruit a Schools Social Worker. · Swindon Borough Council now have an opportunity for an Experienced Social Worker to join the Social Worker in Schools Team as part of a Schools Project, working with the Department for Education who are pil ...
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Social Worker in School
3 weeks ago
Quickline Recruitment Swindon, United KingdomAre you looking for a new position within a school setting? · Swindon Borough Council now have an opportunity for an Experienced Social Worker to join the Social Worker in Schools Team as part of a Schools Project, working with the Department for Education who are piloting the pr ...
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Progression Coach
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Villiers Park Educational Trust Swindon, United Kingdom**Job Title - **Progression Coach - Swindon · **Employment - **Full time (term-time basis) · **Location - **Swindon · **Closing Date for Applications - **Monday 9th January 2023 · Salary is £23,000 FTE per annum, with benefits including 26 days holiday per year (FTE) · The recrui ...
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Cover Supervisors
2 weeks ago
Protocol Education Swindon, United Kingdom**Current/Future PGCE Graduate Opportunity** · Protocol Education are currently looking for students looking too, currently studying, or have completed their PGCE, or any form of teacher training. The roles we are recruiting for would be to work as a Cover Supervisor in a Seconda ...
Social Worker, Family Safeguarding Team - Swindon, United Kingdom - Swindon Borough Council
Description
"She listens to me. I don't talk to people, but I can talk to her. She has helped me a lot" the words of one of the young people we work with.We're making a real difference to the lives of the children and families we work with in Swindon.
Join us and be part of that difference.
About us
Our social workers are supported, challenged and rewarded.
Is it time you joined them?
We're looking for passionate people who are committed to doing the very best for our children and vulnerable families.
Our excellent teams are small, work with manageable caseloads and have regular supervision. We're proud to be one of only a handful of councils in the UK using the Family Safeguarding model – one of the great success stories of social work in the UK.
To find out more about the Family Safeguarding Model, please click
Its delivering real results and improving the professional day-to-day working experience of our social workers, who get to work more closely with all partners, ensuring better support for some of our most vulnerable families.
Underpinning all our practice is motivational interviewing (MI) - a strengths-based conversational approach to counselling that encourages families to improve their children's welfare by enhancing their motivation to change.
We've also got a growing Social Work Leadership Academy to develop practitioners and leaders across our service and clear career pathways for progression.
See our page for more details.
If that's not enough, here are five more reasons to join us:
Please see our offer for more details.
We're delivering an ambitious transformation plan across our children's service. We're changing for the better. Come and be a part of it.
About the role
We're looking for new Social Worker's for our Family Safeguarding Team. You will be part of our transformation, contribute to improving the safeguarding of our children, and we will make sure you have the full support network and training to do it.
The service provides support via a new Family Safeguarding model that is a strength-based approach involving the use of motivational interviewing. Teams are also multi-disciplinary and include social workers, family support practitioners, and adult specialist workers. The adult specialist workers have a specific focus on supporting parents/carers experiencing complex issues of domestic abuse, mental health and substance misuse.
The teams within the service have monthly group supervision and undertake their recording in a workbook. Interventions are focused around a Family Programme which has seven modules – this enables us to work in a purposeful and transparent manner.
You'll lead, support and develop incredible people who are working exceptionally hard to ensure that all our children can achieve their potential.
Your next step
Read the and select the Apply button.
We will be interviewing successful candidates throughout the campaign and reserve the right to close early, therefore early applications are encouraged.
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