Children's Social Worker - Level 3 - Kinship / SGO Assessments

Over the past few years, we have seen a remarkable 35% increase in the number of kinship carers coming forward to support children within their extended families. This growth reflects the dedication of our communities and the strong belief that children thrive best when they can remain connected to the people who know and love them. As our kinship offer continues to expand, we have a real opportunity to strengthen our assessment and recruitment pathways, ensuring carers receive the highest-quality support from the outset.

At the same time, our work with SGO families continues to grow, and with it the opportunity to enhance the support we offer to children who have achieved permanence in these homes. In addition, BCP's Supported Lodgings scheme is now Ofsted Registered which opens exciting possibilities for developing the service further.

We are looking for motivated, child-focused staff who can undertake high-quality assessments at pace and contribute to shaping a service that offers safe, stable and loving homes for our children in care. You will be part of a supportive team, led by experienced managers, and surrounded by dedicated and supported colleagues.

This is a specialist role completing high-quality SGO and Kinship Care assessments. The successful applicant will hold a caseload of 4-5 assessments at any one time and must be highly organised with strong analytical assessment skills.

You will have the support of the team manager, SGO assessment colleagues, along with wider fostering service.

You need to be a qualified social worker with SWE registration and hold a Diploma and or degree in social work.

You are required to need to travel so will need business insurance and at times need to stay overnight.

If you're reflective, proactive, resilient, and passionate about putting children's voices at the heart of everything you do, we'd love to hear from you.

Make a real difference in children's lives. Join us at BCP Council.

We're proud to have achieved a GOOD Ofsted rating (Dec 2024), and we're on an exciting improvement journey. Now, we're looking for experienced, passionate Social Workers to join our Team.

Why BCP?

Our workforce says it best:
"I've never felt so supported."
"BCP is like one big family… which is really rewarding."
"You can do lots of different direct work with children - last year I even went crabbing with a family on the beach. It was amazing!", BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

A Place to Thrive - Join BCP Council

At BCP Council, we're not just building a workforce- we're transforming how we recognise and reward our people., Children's social care

Could you play a part in delivering an outstanding service that improves the lives of the children in our community? If so, BCP Children's Services is looking for you.

To transform and improve our services we are looking for committed and resilient social care professionals who will be fully supported to become the best practitioner that they can whilst developing a meaningful career. We are looking for colleagues to join us who think big, enjoy a challenge and can bring fresh ideas to our services in order to help enhance the lives of our local children in childhood and beyond.

We want the best possible outcomes for children and young people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Our children's services teams aim to create the right environment for social work to flourish and for our children and young people to achieve their goals and ambitions.

If you're dedicated to making a real difference, have the skills, experience and commitment and if you want to be part of a team where your efforts and contributions will be noticed, we want to hear from you.