Overview
As a national leader in Social Care for over 25 years, Progressive Care is committed to innovation, excellence, and making a real impact. Our nurturing and empowering culture enables us to deliver exceptional services through our highly skilled, committed, and multi-disciplinary teams.
We offer a range of services, including:
* Family Assessment
* Children's Residential
* 16+ Supported Living
* Learning Disabilities
All of our services are designed to provide safety, growth, and independence for individuals and families. Our mission is to deliver trust, quality, and care with a professional, person-centered approach that ensures reliability and progress, creating lasting value for those we care and support.
Your Role as a Social Worker
* As a social worker within our family assessment services you will be integral to providing accurate and objective advice and support to parents enabling families to thrive.
* You will have the opportunity to build meaningful, professional and respectful working relationships with the families in our centres, while leading the assessment process and completing comprehensive assessments of parenting capacity.
* With a manageable caseload you will get to know your families well and be able to tailor your assessments to meet their needs and provide the best opportunities for success.
* With dedicated social work practice managers, you will have social work qualified line management, supervision and support.
* With access to legal advice and bespoke training and opportunities within the social work service we will provide you with the right environment to flourish and develop.
* Provide evidence based, analytical and comprehensive parenting assessments that provide clear recommendations for permanency planning for children and their families.
* Have Social Work Qualification.
* Be registered with Social Work England.
* Have a minimum 1 year's post qualifying experience with children and families.
* Demonstrate a willingness and ability to work across a number of our family assessment centres.
* Have experience and capability in preparing high-quality parenting assessment reports for court.
* Be experienced in working with families to complete robust parenting assessments, being honest, objective and open with them.
* Be willingness to work as part of a team to ensure that parent's needs and skills are identified and supported.
Benefits & Opportunities
* Excellent Pay & Rewards – We recognise your skills with structured Salary Grades that reflect your Experience and Qualifications
* Our Pay Structures are at the forefront of National Pay Standards.
* Career Progression & Development – Excellent opportunities for career progression from Social worker to Head of Service
* Comprehensive Training & Qualifications – Full induction, service-specific training, fully funded training and qualifications through our Nationally Accredited Training Centre, and access to legal support.
* Wellbeing Program – Access to employee benefits designed to support health, wellbeing, and personal development.
* A Supportive & Rewarding Work Environment – Strong management support and supervision to help you thrive.
Eligibility & Additional Information
* Due to the nature of this role, Progressive Care conducts enhanced background checks through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) for all hired personnel.
* Please note that sponsorship is not available for this position, and all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
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