About the Team:
Our Family and Adolescent Support Team (FAST) – North is looking to recruit an experienced and passionate Consultant Social Worker who is committed to improving outcomes for adolescents facing risks outside of their family homes, including exploitation, missing, peer and contextual harm.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the 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 Role:
We are recruiting a Consultant Social Worker for our Family and Adolescent Support Team (FAST) – North on a permanent basis.
Key responsibilities include:
5. Providing expert consultation and practice oversight on complex adolescent cases, including exploitation, missing, serious youth violence and peer harm
6. Modelling and embedding high‑quality, relationship‑based, trauma‑informed and contextual safeguarding practice
7. Coaching, mentoring and supporting practitioners through reflective discussions, co‑working and practice development
8. Supporting quality assurance activity, including audits, learning reviews and thematic analysis
9. Strengthening multi‑agency safeguarding responses across Police, Health, Education and community partners
As part of our market supplement: Consultant Social Worker – Grade O: Up to £53,769 per annum (Includes a £3,500 pro-rated annual market supplement which is subject to pension, tax and NI deductions Ts&Cs apply). Plus, Relocation Allowance up to £8,000 may be available from 1st April 2026 if the relevant policy criteria are met. Ts&Cs apply).
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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 below:
Consultant Social Worker - Grade O
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.
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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.
This role requires employees to undergo Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV). This process ensures that individuals who are not police staff but have physical or remote access to police premises, information, intelligence, financial, or operational assets are assessed for their reliability and integrity. This assessment determines their suitability for clearance to work within police premises.
Closing Date: 2nd June 2026
Interview Date: 9th June 2026
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