About the Team:
Here at Warwickshire County Council we put children and families at the heart of everything we do. We aim to ensure that Warwickshire’s children, young people, parents and carers receive the right help at the right time. We are passionate about supporting communities and families to build on their strengths and relationships and find their own solutions.
We are doing great work here and we need great people to join us to continue to improve the lives of local children and their families. We are looking to recruit experienced 3 passionate social workers to undertake the role of Peripatetic Social Worker in our Family Connect service.
Family Connect is the point for all referrals where members of the community and professionals refer children and young people living in Warwickshire where they are worried about their safety and welfare. This is an office-based post, although following induction the potential for some work from home, with no face-to-face work with children and families. There is also the requirement to support Children and Family Advisors.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support children and 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. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
1. Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
2. Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
3. A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
4. We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply
About the Service and Role:
On 3rd of March 2025, we launched Family Connect, formally Warwickshire's Children and Families Front Door, this change is part of Warwickshire's new approach under Families First, which aims to build on the strengths of families and communities, ensuring the right support is given at the right time. Family Connect is designed to support children as early as possible. When concerns are raised, we will prioritise conversations with professionals and families to provide earlier support and ensure they are directed to the right services in a timely way. Family Connect provides information, advice, and guidance to professionals; we implement a telephone referral process alongside Consultations informed through Coaching Conversations with callers who have concerns for the safety and/or wellbeing of children in the Warwickshire area.
Family Connect brings together Children’s Social Care, information and advice and partner agencies into one place to facilitate early, better quality information sharing, analysis and decision-making to safeguard children, young people and families more effectively. The Service comprises of two linked hubs, the Triage Hub and the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) which is a partnership including:
- Warwickshire County Council
- Warwickshire Police
- The National Health Service (NHS)
- Other key partner agencies such as Education, Probation etc.
Child and Family Advisors and Social workers within the Triage Hub manage a caseload alongside responding to incoming calls from professionals, family members, members of the public/anonymous callers. The Triage staff guide callers through a relational conversation to understand the issues and ensure the next steps reflect the support required.
We’re excited to be recruiting for3 permanent Peripatetic Social Worker to join our vibrant Family Connect Team! While your primary base will be within Family Connect, you’ll have the unique opportunity to work across a variety of service areas throughout Warwickshire—bringing your expertise where it’s needed most and gaining rich, diverse experiences along the way, alongside supporting changing demand.
This may include working within our Family Help Teams who undertake assessments and interventions with children and families, with targeted early support, child in need, child protection and care proceedings.
We are looking for three full-time, experienced Social Workers to join our team in a peripatetic capacity, working flexibly across different locations within Warwickshire to meet Service needs.
If you are committed, innovative, and passionate about improving outcomes for children, Warwickshire would like to hear from you.
As a peripatetic Social Worker, you will:
5. Work across multiple sites and communities, responding to changing priorities and supporting teams where demand is greatest.
6. Collaborate with multi-agency partners and use restorative practice to ensure children are safeguarded and their outcomes improved.
7. Thrive in a fast-paced environment that places competing demands on your time—perfect for someone who enjoys variety and challenge.
Key qualities we’re looking for:
8. A strong ability to make robust and accurate decisions informed by our Spectrum of Support to ensure children and families are safe, with a deep understanding of risk and risk management.
9. Excellent communication skills and a natural ability to engage with families as the first point of contact from children’s services.
10. A calm, approachable manner that instils confidence in those who contact Family Connect.
We welcome applications from committed Social Workers who are ready to embrace a dynamic, mobile role that makes a real difference across Warwickshire.
Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure
Key Requirements:
Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
11. Year 2 Social Worker - Grade K
12. Year 3 Senior Social Worker - Grade L
13. Year 4 Advanced Social Worker - Grade N
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 please 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.
Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.
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.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Closing Date: 15.09.2025
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore