Children's Advanced Social Worker Family Safeguarding

Overview

We have opportunities for Advanced Social Workers to join our Family Safeguarding Teams based across East Surrey covering the Reigate and Weybridge areas and West Surrey covering the Woking and Guildford areas.

The salary range for Advanced Social Workers is £52,884 - £56,175 per annum. This is inclusive of a market supplement of £5,000. We also offer a financial package of up to £6,000 which is payable in 3 instalments.

Rewards and Benefits

Our other rewards and benefits :

• A competitive relocation package of up to £8,000
• We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years\' service (plus bank holidays)
• Access to our car lease scheme
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Up to 5 days of carer\'s leave per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave

Refer a friend payment of £1,000 as a thank you for finding the right Social Worker.

Progress and About Surrey

Our Surrey Children's Services are actively working towards becoming a high-performing local authority, evidenced by the fact we are now starting to realise the positive impacts of the Family Safeguarding practice model in action with reductions in the number of children subject to child protection plans.

Our Progress

We are proud of our recent Good Ofsted judgement, which marks a significant milestone for Surrey. The report highlights that our social workers are "skilled at building relationships with children who are subject of children in need or child protection plans. Creative direct work helps them to build a rounded understanding of children\'s daily lives." "They also build positive relationships with parents, enabling honest and sometimes difficult conversations." Overall "Staff are well-trained and committed, feel highly valued and are proud to work in Surrey."

About our Family Safeguarding Service

Our Family Safeguarding services include responsibility for our Family Safeguarding Model, Child In Need, as well as pre and court proceedings.

Within Family Safeguarding we use motivational interviewing, multi-agency approach under the Family Safeguarding model, where Social Workers, Family Support Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Recovery Workers, Mental Health Practitioners, and Psychologists collaborate closely to address family issues efficiently, reducing the need for referrals to other agencies.

Role and Development for Advanced Social Worker

As an Advanced Social Worker (ASW) you\'ll enjoy mentoring and collaborating with less experienced social workers within the team supporting their development. We aim for you to hold a reduced caseload to enable you to support effectively whilst also deputising for the Team Manager when needed. This is a great role for anyone looking to enhance their professional development and take a step towards a management position.

We strive to provide a supportive and dynamic work environment for our staff, that fosters growth, maintains work-life balance, and rewards efforts. We guarantee 5 days of CPD and have access to excellent research and development tools such as Community Care Inform, Care Knowledge and Research In Practice.

Why choose Surrey?

Surrey is a large and ambitious local authority meaning we can draw from a range of available resources to support the delivery of our services to children and their families, but that\'s just part of it. It\'s our staff that truly make the difference day in day out and we\'d like to share with you some of their insights as to why they choose to be part of Surrey Children\'s social care workforce.

Our staff highlighted that you can expect…

To apply you will need to upload your CV and answer our 3 application questions.

Application process

If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to a short first round virtual interview to explore your answers to the above questions (lasting approx. 15- 20 min). If successful following this, you will be invited for an in person interview, allowing you to meet the team, check out your potential office and get a feel for what your journey might look like.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment, so if you\'re invited to a face-to-face interview, we\'ll share the themes of the questions with you in advance, enabling you to prepare and feel comfortable, allowing you to confidently discuss your skills and experiences.

Contact and application closing

Contact us

Our friendly teams could talk your socks off when it comes to all things Social Work, so if you\'d like to talk to us please just drop a quick message to and we\'ll get a call arranged.

The job advert closes at 23 : 59 on the 29th September 2025.

Requirements

An enhanced DBS \"Disclosure and Barring Service\" check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children\'s and Adults\' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

You will need to be a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England.

Location and travel

Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

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