Social Worker - Children's Family First

Social Worker, Family First with Bournemouth Council in Bournemouth, Dorset. A permanent, full time post recruited by Pro Social Partners.

The role

Family First is BCP's edge-of-care offer: intensive, whole-family work to keep children safely at home when things are at breaking point. Smaller caseloads, higher intensity, real change work.

What the work is

Early help and child in need work aimed at keeping families together before anything escalates. Practical, relationship led, and less court facing than safeguarding.

Why it could suit you

If you came into social work to change family stories rather than record them, edge-of-care work is the purest version of the job.

Pay and package

• Salary £45,529 to £49,817 a year
• Total package up to £49,817

Benefits

• Smaller caseloads and intensive direct work
• See families turn a corner and stay together
• Coastal living with real frontline work

About Bournemouth Council

Coastal living here is not a career compromise: the work is as meaningful as anywhere in the country, with the beach at the end of the day.

What you need

• A social work qualification and current registration with Social Work England
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