22 Vacancies

The Role: Support Worker In this role you will form part of the team working in our projects across Weymouth, Dorchester & Ferndown. We provide our young residents with a space to grown with confidence, enhance their self-esteem and develop the life skills require to live independently. As a Support Worker, you will: in full consultation with the residents, ensur...

We are looking for an accomplished individual to work in the Dorset Safeguarding Children's Partnership project team, supporting the safeguarding partnership to progress key priorities and update relevant partnership policies. This role will support with the co-ordination of partnership work across Dorset, and you'll work alongside our partners, NHS Dorset and Dorset Police. The Dorse...

This is a new and exciting role working across Dorset which aims to build the skills and capacity of school staff when supporting children who have been forcibly displaced from their own countries and/or use English as an additional language. This project will also see the recruitment of two school/ family support workers to work alongside this role. Objectives of the project in...

Dorset is committed to creating environments for our children and young people to thrive. This is an exciting opportunity to join our new service as a Youth Practitioner based in the Wimborne area providing care and support to children and young people initially in a short break setting working within a small staff team and in the future, additionally providing much needed outreach support to ch...

Dorset is committed to creating environments for our children and young people to thrive. This is an exciting opportunity to join our new service as a Youth Practitioner, zero hours contract, based in the Wimborne area providing care and support to children and young people initially in a short break setting working within a small staff team and in the future, additionally providing much needed ...

Join us as a Child Protection Social Worker and be part of our new way of working with families within the child protection space. Here in Dorset, we've been recognised for our fantastic work with children, young people, and families, by being selected as one of only three initial Families First for Children's Pathfinder sites nationally. This fantastic opportunity comes with central govern...

Are you an experienced practitioner looking for high autonomy and a meaningful impact without the burden of caseholding? If you're passionate about making decisions and supporting families, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Why join us? autonomy and impact : Work independently with significant responsibility, contributing to decision-making and providing crucial suppor...

This is an exciting time to be joining Dorset Council, we are investing and strengthening our service to meet the needs of all unaccompanied children in and beyond our care. A new, dedicated team of Social Workers and Personal Advisers is being created. This opportunity is now available for social workers who are interested and passionate about offering the best service to unaccompanied chil...

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, passionate and committed leader to work within the role of Head of Service, Performance and Governance. As part of our Dorset Children Thrive Model and Dorset's Partnership's ten- year plan Children Young People and Families Plan 2023-2033, we are enhancing our senior leadership and aligning Heads of Service alongside our challenges...

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, passionate and committed leader to work in Dorset Council, a forward -thinking local authority at the forefront of innovation in local government. As part of our Dorset Children Thrive Model and Partnership's ten- year plan Children Young People and Families Plan 2023-2033, we are enhancing our senior leadership and aligning Heads of ...

We are looking for a Senior Advocate who will have day to day responsibility for the running and promotion of the advocacy service in Dorset. You will manage a pool of advocates which involves recruitment, supporting them through induction and by conducting supervision and best practice meetings, ensuring the provisions of the service we offer to children and young people is to a high stand...

Senior Youth Practitioner within a Short Breaks Children's Home What's in it for me? Dorset is committed to creating environments for our children and young people to thrive. This is an exciting opportunity to join our service as a Senior Youth Practitioner, based in the Wimborne area, providing care and support to children and young people with a Learning Disability, initially...