Frontline Deputy Consultant Social Worker (FCSW)

Job description

Frontline Deputy Consultant Social Worker - Bristol City Council 

What is Frontline?

Frontline is England’s largest social work charity. Everything we do aims to make life better for children who need a social worker, to help keep them safe from harm and to give them every possible chance to fulfil their potential. We do this through developing excellent social work practice, leadership and innovation.

One of the ways we make this happen is by recruiting and teaching a new, diverse generation of social workers specialising in child protection to join our Frontline programme. The programme is a three-year social work training programme for graduates and career changers.

What is a Deputy Consultant Social Worker?

The Deputy Consultant Social Worker (CSW) role is pivotal to the participants’ first year on the programme.

Each Deputy CSW supports a hub of five participants who are undertaking their Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work.

The Deputy CSW supports the participants’ line manager (the CSW) in developing the participants’ social work practice, offering co-working and shadowing opportunities and deputising for the CSW during any periods of absence.

The role is an excellent development opportunity for social workers who have aspirations of being managers or practice educators in the future.

For more information about the exact responsibilities of a Deputy CSW, please see the Deputy CSW role guide.

What will I get from the role?

The Deputy Consultant Social Worker position offers the opportunity to:

Gain experience in management and teaching; the role is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to progress into management roles.

Access to a high-quality systemic training programme, including teaching on different practice models.

Demonstrate through a portfolio of work that you meet the Practice Educator Professional Standards (Stage 1).

Gain evidence for CPD.

Influence and shape practice, and practice education, across your local authority (for example, by co-working cases with students).

How to apply:

Complete an application form : follow

Anonymous scoring : the panel, which includes a representative from Frontline and the local

authority, will anonymously score the applications.

Attend an interview : if shortlisted, you will be asked to complete a role play and interview.

Contact Us:

For more information or to discuss opportunities, contact Jo Coles Principal Social Worker on or Katrina Murphy or (North)

You can also

visit our FAQs page for more information.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.