Social Worker – Pre-Birth & Newborn Family Help Team

Job Type: Temporary
Service: Children’s Social Care – Family Help

About the Role

We are recruiting experienced Social Workers to join our newly formed Pre-Birth & Newborn Family Help Team.

The team works alongside expectant parents and families with newborn babies, providing timely support, building resilience and promoting positive outcomes from the earliest stages of a child’s life.

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker who is passionate about early intervention, strengths-based practice and supporting families to create lasting change.

Key Responsibilities

As a Social Worker within the Pre-Birth & Newborn Family Help Team, you will:

• Manage a varied caseload of expectant parents and families with newborn babies.

• Undertake high-quality assessments, planning and reviews.

• Work collaboratively with parents and carers to identify strengths, needs and solutions.

• Support families to overcome challenges and prevent family breakdown.

• Assess and manage risk appropriately, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of babies and families.

• Build positive, trusting relationships with children, parents, carers and partner agencies.

• Deliver purposeful interventions that achieve sustainable positive outcomes.

• Work independently while adapting your approach to complex or unusual cases.

About You

We are looking for Social Workers who:

• Are qualified Social Workers and registered with Social Work England.

• Have at least 3 years’ experience working directly within Local Authority Children’s Social Care.

• Have strong knowledge of the diverse needs of children and families.

• Have experience applying strengths-based approaches to assessment, planning and review.

• Can manage cases independently and demonstrate sound professional judgement.

• Have strong skills in risk assessment and risk management.

• Are confident working with complex family circumstances.

• Are committed to relationship-based practice and achieving positive outcomes for families.

Why Join?

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a newly established team focused on providing early, meaningful support to families during the crucial pre-birth and newborn stages.

If you are passionate about early intervention and want to make a lasting difference to babies and their families, we would love to hear from you.