Senior Family Worker

We are ideally looking for an experienced, qualified social worker to join our team of family workers. The family worker team will offer social workers the opportunity for direct work with children, young people, and families and the opportunity to undertake early intervention and preventative work.

There would be development opportunities, including the possibility of giving supervision to 1-2 members of the team and providing advice and support to the rest of the team, especially when working with domestic violence and adult mental health.

Working in a dynamic and multi-cultural urban community, you will be experienced in managing complex cases and achieving good outcomes in partnership with children, young people, their families and other agencies.

Reading Borough Council has a commitment to flexible working and can offer a wide range of benefits.

For additional information, please contact Hannah Pendleton on 0118 937 6524.

Application forms can be downloaded or completed on-line at www.reading.gov.uk

Alternatively, email: or call 0118 939 0039 (24 hour answerphone) quoting the relevant reference number and stating which position you are interested in.

Please do not send a CV. For the purposes of equal opportunities, we can only accept Reading Borough Council application forms.

An Enhanced Criminal Records Disclosure will be sought from the successful candidate.

Closing date: 5pm, 6 April 2010
Interview date: 20 April 2010