CONSULTANT SOCIAL WORKER (FRONTLINE)

Date: 29 Apr 2025
Job Location:Gloucester

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Consultant Social Worker (Frontline)
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Gloucester
• Salary: £46,731 - £49,764 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 11/05/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 11383
• This post is not open to job share

We are looking to recruit a Consultant Social Worker for our third Frontline Student Hub .

A Consultant Social Worker (CSW) manages and supports a hub of five participants in their first year on Approach Social Work. As a CSW you will remain in practice while developing new skills as a manager, leader and practice educator.

• Manage a hub of five Approach participants, who are undertaking their Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work.
• Be the named case holder of all children and families assigned to your hub, holding responsibility for ensuring statutory requirements of the hub’s cases are complied with and holding responsibility for decisions in case work.
• Hold regular one-to-one supervision with the participants in your hub.
• Manage the workflow and allocation of work in your hub.
• Ensure practice assessments are completed and deadlines are met by your hub.
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to your hub.
• Support your participants to apply their learning with children and families.
• Regularly observe your hub in their direct work with families, giving developmental feedback.
• Track and report on each participant’s progress through the programme

A Consultant Social Worker (CSW) manages and supports a hub of five participants in their first year on Approach Social Work. As a CSW you will remain in practice while developing new skills as a manager, leader and practice educator.

• Manage a hub of five Approach participants, who are undertaking their Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work.
• Be the named case holder of all children and families assigned to your hub, holding responsibility for ensuring statutory requirements of the hub’s cases are complied with and holding responsibility for decisions in case work.
• Hold regular one-to-one supervision with the participants in your hub.
• Manage the workflow and allocation of work in your hub.
• Ensure practice assessments are completed and deadlines are met by your hub.
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to your hub.
• Support your participants to apply their learning with children and families.
• Regularly observe your hub in their direct work with families, giving developmental feedback.
• Track and report on each participant’s progress through the programme.