Social Worker - Children & Families - DfE (Hybrid)

Social Worker - Children & Families - DfE (Hybrid)

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 08 June 2026
• Salary: £29.28 per hour
• Hours: Full time
• Closing date: 08 July 2026
• Location: Shefford, Bedfordshire
• Remote working: On-site only
• Company: Wax Recruitment Ltd
• Job type: Contract
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Summary

Job title: Social Worker - Children & Families - DfE (Hybrid)

Job Category: Social Care Qualified

Location: Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Central Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ, Central Bedfordshire Council

Hours Per Week: 37

Pay: £29.28 per hour

minimum 2 days a week office based, and office based all week during duta week

37 hours, office based minimum two days a week, and all of duty week

About the role

Central Bedfordshire Council is looking for Social Workers who are passionate about getting it right for children and their families the first time.

We are recruiting Social Workers who have at least five years post qualifying experience and a good understanding of how to apply different social work theories and models, which support ideas and the delivery of imaginative ambitious interventions that improve outcomes for children, young people, and their families through child in need, child protection and court work.

Central Bedfordshire is aspiring to progress from the current 'Good' Ofsted rating to be an 'Outstanding' Children's Services, ensuring that our children and young people have the best support and achieve their best outcomes.

As part of our Families First journey, Social Workers in Family Help now support children from assessment onwards enabling them to build up meaningful relationships with families and create lasting change. We focus on ensuring children receive timely support and reduce the number of children we have coming into local authority care.

Central Bedfordshire is a Good and award winning Local Authority.

About you

• You will have:
  • Experience in managing a varied caseload of children, visiting families, completing direct work with children to understand their views and lived experiences.
  • Experience chairing multi-agency meetings and liaising with a range of other professionals to support our most vulnerable children.
  • Proven experience having an impact on families in achieving positive outcomes for children
  • Excellent verbal communication skills to enable you to communicate effectively with children, parents and other agencies, and the written skills to present high-quality assessments and reports.
  • A passion for delivery of high quality services and interventions to vulnerable children
  • Court experience is essential

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Central Bedfordshire Council is looking for Social Workers who are passionate about getting it right for children and their families the first time. We are recruiting Social Workers who have at least five years post qualifying experience and a good understanding of how to apply different social work theories and models, which support ideas and the delivery of imaginative ambitious interventions that improve outcomes for children, young people, and their families through child in need, child protection and court work. Central Bedfordshire is aspiring to progress from the current 'Good' Ofsted rating to be an 'Outstanding' Children's Services, ensuring that our children and young people have the best support and achieve their best outcomes. As part of our Families First journey, Social Workers in Family Help now support children from assessment onwards enabling them to build up meaningful relationships with families and create lasting change. We focus on ensuring children receive timely support and reduce the number of children we have coming into local authority care. Central Bedfordshire is a Good and award winning Local Authority. About you You will have:

• Experience in managing a varied caseload of children, visiting families, completing direct work with children to understand their views and lived experiences.
• Experience chairing multi-agency meetings and liaising with a range of other professionals to support our most vulnerable children.
• Proven experience having an impact on families in achieving positive outcomes for children
• Excellent verbal communication skills to enable you to communicate effectively with children, parents and other agencies, and the written skills to present high-quality assessments and reports.
• A passion for delivery of high quality services and interventions to vulnerable children
• Court experience is essential
  
  minimum 2 days a week office based, and office based all week during duta week
37 hours, office based minimum two days a week, and all of duty week