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At Bracknell Forest Council our values define who we are and what is important to us. Our core values are inclusive, ambitious, and always learning. These values influence the way we work with each other and the way we serve our residents and engage with our communities. We make our values real by demonstrating them in how we behave every day. If you are excited about joining a diverse team that celebrates learning and strives for excellence, we would love to hear from you. 

Key responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of children in need, undertaking purposeful home visits and direct work with children and parents.
• Contribute to ongoing assessment, review, and intervention plans for children and families.
• Work alongside social workers to deliver solution-focused interventions, parenting support, and programmes that strengthen safety, routines, and relationships.
• Arrange, supervise, and record family time between children looked after and their families, including practical transport as required.
• Maintain accurate, timely case records on MOSAIC, sharing information appropriately in line with safeguarding, GDPR, and confidentiality requirements.
• Participate in regular supervision, training, and reflective group case discussions to develop practice and support the wider duty system.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process for all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please let us know by contacting recruitment@bracknell-forest.gov.uk. We will work with you to support you throughout the process. 

As a Family Worker in Children’s Social Care, you bring experience of working directly with children, young people, and their families. You are confident in building positive, trusted relationships and in responding effectively to the individual needs of families, ensuring they receive the right support at the right time.

You are an effective communicator who is skilled at engaging families while working collaboratively with partner agencies. Alongside strong interpersonal skills, you have a solid foundational knowledge of safeguarding and understand how to work jointly with key professionals such as schools, health services, housing, and voluntary sector partners.

To be successful in this role, you demonstrate the ability to maintain accurate and timely case records, producing clear written and verbal information. You remain calm, organised, and focused in a fast‑paced environment, meeting required timescales and managing priorities with confidence.

You will be passionate about relational practice and committed in joining our embedded culture and ethos of bettering vulnerable children’s lives. You will be committed to understanding the lived experiences of children being a fierce advocate for children and providing the support required to better childhood experiences.

Experience of working with children with disabilities and complex needs is desirable, but not essential, we will support you to develop this specialist knowledge.