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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  .

About Frontline

Frontline is a charity working with social workers like you to make life better for children at risk of harm. Frontline  have partnered with Gloucestershire Children Sservices to recruit and train new social workers through Approach Social Workon  a three year Masters programme. You can  visit our website for more information.

 

Reward & Support

 

For all your hard work. You will receive the following;

  • Between £46,731 - £49,764 per annum subject to experience
  • Annual retention payment of £2,000
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
  • An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff)
  • Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
  • Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
  • An in-house Occupational Health service
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
  • Career development and qualification opportunities
  • Access to our Social Work Academy
  • Paid SWE registration renewal*

About the role

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.

The Consultant Social Worker position offers the opportunity to: 

 

  • Step up to a management-level role without leaving practice.
  • Access to a high-quality systemic training programme. 
  • Demonstrate through a portfolio of work that you meet the Practice Educator Professional Standards (Stage 2). 
  • Receive support and mentoring from one of Frontline's practice tutors. 
  • Influence and shape practice and practice education, across your local authority. 

As well as your experience as a frontline Social Worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

  • Social Work England/ Wales registration
  • experience at Senior Social Worker level
  • a recognised qualification in Social Work
  • to have completed your ASYE year (if you qualified after 2012)
  • a full driving licence and willingness to drive
  • enhanced DBS clearance

How to apply:

  1. Complete the application form

A panel of representatives from Frontline and your local authority will anonymously score the applications. These scores will be considered in the overall hiring decision, should you progress to the next stage. 

 

  1. Attend an interview (w/c 19th May 2025)
  2. If shortlisted, complete a role play and interview

 

If you have any questions about the application process or the role, please contact Rob Tyrrell Principal Social Worker  robert.tyrrell@gloucestershire.gov.uk .

 

Additional Information


To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-


Consultant Social Worker Job Pack

 

Advanced Practitioner Role Profile


This Position is subject to a DBS check. 


Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.


It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.


Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

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