Consultant Social Worker

| Salary £46,142 - £51,356 Per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Family Safeguarding – Burnley |

International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Consultant Social Worker to join our Family Safeguarding Team based in Burnley.

About the role…

The role would suit an experienced social worker, who is looking for the next step into Management, but still enjoys case work. You will be expected to support less experienced social workers to develop their social work practice, manage a reduced case load and support the team in the absence of the Team Manager, whilst achieving positive outcomes for children and their families.

Consultant Social Workers play a vital role in supporting a multi-agency team alongside the Team Manager while also holding a caseload of their own, allowing you to remain involved in social work on the ground.

About us…

In Family Safeguarding, we have been able to reduce the number of children coming into care, by offering direct work, not only provided by social workers, but by our adult social workers, who specialise in domestic abuse, substance/alcohol misuse and mental health issues.

Family Safeguarding is a strengths-based model of social work, and we have implemented it in Lancashire as part of the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children Innovation Programme, with support from Hertfordshire. We seek to keep children at home with their families where it is safe to do so, the work covers children in need, child protection, pre-proceedings, Court work and adoption and we are looking for someone who is experienced and confident in these areas.

About you…

We're looking for someone who holds the following qualities and attributes:

• Strengths Based - you are able to work alongside families to identify what makes them strong and resilient and to help them to address areas of need and risk.
• Passion - you're passionate about making a difference to children, young people and families – we're after caring, passionate and dedicated social workers that want to make a difference to the families we work with and we've made recent significant investments to support you doing this
• Challenge & Development - you want to challenge and develop your team and yourself – we're looking for someone who can support their Team Manager to drive and deliver the changes that we're making whilst showing the team how to deliver excellent social work through work on their own caseload.

For more information regarding the skills and requirements of the role, please refer to the Job Description linked below.

How to apply

Please click the 'Apply Now' button below to submit your application.

We ask that you have attached the following:

• Supporting Statement
• CV

If you would like more information, or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Emma Livesey, Senior Manager, via email on .

Closing Date: 27 th November 2025

You must be registered (SWE) to be appointed as a Social Worker or have applied to register with the Social Care Council.

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description & Person Specification