Social Worker – N.West

Company: Progressive Care
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Location: South Normanton
Job Description:

As a national leader in Social Care for over 25 years, we are committed to innovation, excellence, and making a real impact. Our nurturing and empowering culture allows us to deliver exceptional services through our highly skilled, committed, and multi-disciplinary teams.

Services

  • Family Assessment
  • Children’s Residential
  • 16+ Supported Living
  • Learning Disabilities

Mission

At Progressive Care, our brand stands for trust, quality, and care. Every service we provide is thoughtfully designed to deliver excellence, consistency, and a meaningful impact. With a professional and person-centered approach, we ensure reliability and progress, creating lasting value for those we care and support.

Role Responsibilities

  • Provide accurate and objective advice and support to parents, enabling families to thrive.
  • Build meaningful, professional, and respectful working relationships with families in our centres, leading the assessment process and completing comprehensive assessments of parenting capacity.
  • Maintain a manageable caseload to tailor assessments to meet families’ needs and provide the best opportunities for success.
  • Receive line management, supervision, and support from dedicated social work practice managers.
  • Access legal advice, bespoke training, and opportunities to flourish and develop within the social work service.
  • Provide evidence-based, analytical, and comprehensive parenting assessments, offering clear recommendations for permanency planning for children and their families.

Ideal Candidate

  • Hold a Social Work Qualification.
  • Be registered with Social Work England.
  • Possess a minimum of one year post-qualifying experience with children and families.
  • Demonstrate willingness and ability to work across multiple family assessment centres.
  • Be experienced in preparing high-quality parenting assessment reports for court.
  • Be honest, objective, and open when working with families to complete robust parenting assessments.

Benefits

Pay & Rewards

  • Structured salary grades that reflect your experience and qualifications.
  • Pay structures aligned with national standards.

Career Progression & Development

  • Social Worker
  • Senior Social Worker
  • Practice Manager
  • Service Manager
  • Head of Service

Training & Qualifications

  • Full induction program before you start.
  • Service-specific training to refine and enhance your skills.
  • Full funding of training and qualifications through our nationally accredited training centre.
  • Access to effective and timely legal support.

Wellbeing Program

  • Access to employee benefits designed to support your health, wellbeing, and personal development.

Work Environment

  • Strong management support and supervision to provide guidance, encouragement, and the tools to thrive in your role and career.

Background Check & Sponsorship

  • Enhanced DBS checks are conducted for all hired personnel due to the nature of this role.
  • Due to the nature of this role, progressive care conducts enhanced background checks through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) for all hired personnel.

Due to the nature of this role, Progressive Care conducts enhanced background checks through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) for all hired personnel.

Please note that sponsorship is not available for this position, and all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

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Posted: June 1st, 2026