Sirona Medical's Social Work Department are recruting for a Social Worker for the Support and Safeguarding Team.

The North Support and Safeguarding Service works with children, young people, and their families from early help through to permanence.

The team benefits from a permanent management structure headed by Team Manager, with Assistant Team Managers who offer direct supervisory role to Social Workers and pride themselves on offering quality monthly supervision through reflective, open, and strength-based support.
Theteam offer multi-disciplinary team support including key workers who will co-work cases with you as lead social worker.

They offer dedicated Practitioner Support; these roles are in place to support with minute taking of your meetings with families and professionals (CIN and Core Group review meetings).
We offer access to wider wellbeing support service for practitioners which includes a brand-new support service to reduce the likelihood of secondary trauma in our staff.
Through our teaching partnerships with Bournemouth University, we offer you teaching opportunities, masterclass and more.

• The hub is easily accessed by the M4.


• You will have access to free, priority parking.


• Our team is positioned adjacent to the towns train station, with easily links to Bristol and Bath in under 30 minutes, and 1 hours 15 to London.


• Our team has access to our own pool car supporting efficient commuting.


• We offer a hybrid working model, so you will also have more opportunities to work remotely from home or across the county.



The council are ambitious for their families and child, for our staff and for ourselves and are determined to see all families thrive.

A ‘one journey’ model means you stay with the child from the front door right the way through to permanence if required.



The successful candidate will be provided a protected casework, using a case weighting tool.

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To apply for this role you must have:

• Relevant Social Work qualification (BA/MA Social Work/DipSW or equivalent)
• Social Work England Registration
• Be eligible to work within the UK
• Be a car driver and have access to a vehicle 
• Willingness to travel around the county
• Experience in referral and assessment casework and leading on Child in Need and Child Protection plans and, in some instances, supporting legal processes to secure a child or young person’s permanence.