Experienced Social Worker - Family Safeguarding Services

Employer:

Wax Recruitment Ltd

Location:

Swindon, Wiltshire

Pay:

£31.25 per hour

Contract Type:

Contract

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

02/04/2026

Job title:

Experienced Social Worker

• Family Safeguarding Services Job Category:
  Social Care Qualified Hours per week: 37
  
  Location:
  
  Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG
  , Swindon Borough Council Pay: £31.25 per hour 3 days per week in the office required Must be a car driver Cannot accommodate condensed working patterns Must have 3 years PQE in a permanent setting Swindon Borough Council has confirmed that the £100 weekly travel and accommodation expenses will remain in place for all new and existing agency placements within Children’s Social Care until 10 May 2026.
  
  Workers must reside more than 50 miles from Swindon.

Job description Swindon Borough Council currently require Experienced Social Workers within the Family Safeguarding Service.

The team work within pods to optimise the management, oversight and support to all Social Workers.

There are 5 Social Workers and 1 Manager per POD. Social Workers must have with experience and skill to:
Undertake comprehensive assessments including parenting assessments in a timely way to inform development of outcome focused care plans with Children and their Families.

Undertake care proceedings within the court, both private and public.

Initiate and complete within court timescales and achieve permanency plans for children including adoption.

Understand and respond to complexity of risks and are required to evidence on records, including providing analysis of their interventions with children and families.

Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).