Are you looking to return to Social Work after a period of time away? Has your Social Work Registration lapsed? Dorset Council are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to Return to Social Work. If you have been away from the profession for over 2 years Dorset Council are able to offer a Return to Social Work programme to support your learning and development, with the opportunity to work in a social work team to support you to gain the required supervised practice to re-register with Social Work England. We can offer a paid placement opportunity as a Family Worker for up to 6 months. This will help you complete the required supervised practice days. Alongside this paid role, we will offer an extensive support programme to support and provide you with the resources needed to help ease your transition back into the profession. We welcome applications from all backgrounds; however, we are unable provide sponsorship at this time and you must have the right to work in the UK. About You you must have experience of working with Children and Families in a social care setting you must have been previously registered with a social work body in England (HCPC or Social Work England) you will be employed as a Family worker What You Will Be Doing You will be supporting our teams, which will involve direct work with children and their families; creating, supporting and contributing to multi-agency plans and interventions to improve outcomes and life chances for children and young people in Dorset. This role will be responsible for the delivery of support to children, young people and families in localities, taking a whole family approach. You will get to work for a council that values career progression and gives staff opportunities to develop their careers. Read more about our Return to Social Work scheme.