Social Worker Family Safeguarding

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Various locations across Leicestershire

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary:35451 - 42699 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus a market supplement of 3283(pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date:11^th January 2026

Interview Date(s): 4^th February 2026

Come and be part of our Outstanding Family Safeguarding Service.

Its an exciting time to be a part of Children and Family Services at Leicestershire County Council our staff are at the heart of delivering excellent services to children and families across Leicestershire. Come and join us and make a difference in the lives of children and families in Leicestershire.

Our recent Ofsted inspection praised Leicestershires work to build strong and long-lasting relationships with children and families which lead to many families achieving positive changes in their lives. They highlighted an ambitious and child-focused senior leadership that has successfully created a culture where the experiences and progress of children are at the heart of social work practice.

You can read more about our Outstanding Ofsted rating here

About the Role

Our Family Safeguarding Service specialises in delivering high-quality Child Protection Services to children and families across this role as an experienced social worker you will have a focus on overseeing children subject to child protection plans alongsidepre-proceedingsandcare proceedingsand therefore experience in this area isessential.

About You

To apply for this post you must respond to and evidence the following 7 essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1000 words.

PLEASE NOTE:Previous applicants need not re-apply as all prior submissions have been reviewed.

• Have a social work degree or equivalent e.g. CQSW or DipSW (with a specialism in childrens services) with over 2 years post qualifying experience. You must also be registered with Social Work England.
• You MUST hold a full valid UK driving licence (or be able to convert your current licence) and have access to a vehicle.
• Be confident and experienced in statutory child protection services including the completion of Care Proceedings possessing strong assessment skills demonstrating the ability to make sound decisions that offer support and that are impactful. This would need to be demonstrated through clear and evidenced examples.
• Knowledge of UK childcare legislation and Local Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures particularly in relation to child protection and Care proceedings. Be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the theoretical underpinning of social work practice and models used.
• You must also understand and have a commitment to equality diversity and inclusion.
• Be able to evidence your skills and knowledge of creative innovative and relationship-based social work working in collaboration with families and professionals. Ideally you will already be confident in the application of the Signs of Safety methodology
• Have excellent prioritisation and time management skills to ensure the successful delivery of competing and changing work demands and be able to demonstrate this via examples.

Please note thatan Enhanced DBS check is required for this post. Please ensure your application includes a full career history and provides reasons for any gaps.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

About Leicestershire County Council

In Leicestershire we have a fantastic package to provide our workers. This includes the option as a full-time worker to do a 9-day working fortnight hybrid working celebrating diversity with a range of events throughout the year recognition of our staff in annual Pride In Practice events fantastic learning and training opportunities enabling our staff to develop and progress within their roles and committed wellbeing support.

We are proud of our continuous improvement plan -Achieving Excellence through Purposeful Practicewhich sets out our key values behaviours and ambitions. We have embedded the Signs of Safety approach throughout our services and this approach mirrors our values ofAspirationBeing CuriousandCollaboration. We are focused on working with families and the networks of family friends and professionals around children to work in collaboration to achieve shared goals.

We are committed to our vision of becoming a trauma-informed responsive department where we believe we arestronger together.Our culture is one of partnership where we look for solutions and recognise the potential impact of trauma on the children and families we work with and on our staff. We will strive to create a safe compassionate healing environment demonstrated through relationships based on trust respect hope and empathy. We will achieve this through a spirit of curiosity by nurturing connections through relationships making a deliberate effort to know and understand people and by providing hope for growth and recovery.

Learn more about how we are responding to trauma taking pride in practice and celebrating our achievements in social workhere.

We support and empower our staff to be the best that they can be. We will give you the support and resources that you need to work in collaboration with children and families.

For further information on what its like to work for us and the benefits we offer please visit :

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Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Resourcing Co-ordinator: Jennifer Neville

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBT Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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