At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and inspire a team of social workers to support vulnerable individuals and families.
- Company: Change Grow Live, a charity dedicated to making a difference in people's lives.
- Benefits: 25 days holiday, wellness hours, career development, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Flexible working hours and opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in safeguarding and supporting those in need while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Qualified Social Worker with leadership experience and strong decision-making skills.
The predicted salary is between 46725 - 54663 £ per year.
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. We currently have an opportunity for a passionate Senior Social Worker to join our team here in Lancashire. This is a key role within our leadership team, with responsibility for the line management of our Family Safeguarding Team Leader/support for the wider Family Safeguarding Team. The role also provides strategic oversight for our safeguarding workstreams across Lancashire.
Where: Lancashire
Hours: Fulltime, 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Responsibilities
About the role:
- Lead social workers, social work apprentices, and where relevant, related team members, across the service, providing operational management and professional reflective supervision.
- Offer quality assurance and on-going learning to support the team with completion of effective referrals and sustaining effective referral pathways.
- Coach and develop the team to work with people where there are complex issues related to substance misuse such as domestic abuse, child exploitation, criminal justice, caring responsibilities, mental health, safeguarding.
- Be the strategic lead for identified, specific areas of the service i.e. Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), Adults’ Safeguarding or Children Safeguarding, and attend relevant external meetings representing the service and the organisation locally, regionally, and nationally.
- Oversee the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead contributing to the safety and well-being of people.
- Contribute to team and organisational learning by undertaking incident reviews and investigations (including the death of service users) and producing high quality investigation reports.
- Create and sustain strong partnership working.
- Support, learning and development of social work students on placement and newly qualified social workers undertaking their ASYE programme.
About you:
- Hold a valid qualification in Social Work and be registered with the regulatory body.
- Experience of leadership, motivating and inspiring individuals and teams.
- Be confident in complex decision making related to SU issues, using defensible decision-making skills and clear communication.
- Have strategic decision making and influencing skills.
- Experience and knowledge on the working practice of Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.
- The ability to lead, inspire and develop a team with excellent team working and interpersonal skills, developing positive working cultures and relationships.
- Excellent team working, communication and collaboration skills.
- Be able to work flexibly across operational sites as required and to work flexibly within an agreed number of hours to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision. This may involve evening and weekend working.
What we will give to you:
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”.
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team.
- Training, career development & progression opportunities.
As we want to get to know you, not an AI tool. Please make sure your application is written in your own words and genuinely reflects your skills, experience and motivation for this role. Direct applications only; we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy. Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 41 to 48 (£46,725.36 - £54,663.24)
Interview Date: 3/8/2026
Closing Date: 26/7/2026
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:
Lisa Cochrane | Lisa.Cochrane@cgl.org.uk | 07917 013 434
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
Senior Social Worker in Preston employer: Change Grow Live
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