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Lancashire County Council
East Lancashire, Lancashire · Hybrid

Social Worker | EmPower (Contextual Safeguarding Team) | East Lancashire | Full Time

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$36k-$46k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · hybrid
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 6mo ago

Job description

Join Lancashire County Council as a Social Worker – EmPower Team, East Lancashire in East Lancashire, Lancashire.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: £36,363 - £46,142
  • Flexible working
  • Social Work Academy induction
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Career progression pathways

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
  • Flexible scheduling available.

This position offers hybrid flexibility. Work with Lancashire County Council in East Lancashire, Lancashire.

Key Responsibilities

This role involves supporting young people aged 12–18 in Lancashire who are at risk of harm outside the family home, focusing on issues like exploitation and unsafe peer associations. The social worker will operate within a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and relational framework, ensuring the child's voice and community context are central to the practice.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is a motivated, dynamic, and relationship-focused social worker passionate about improving outcomes for adolescents and confident in addressing the complexities of extra-familial harm in community settings. Creativity, curiosity, and commitment are valued traits for success in this innovative team.

Key Skills

Contextual SafeguardingAdolescent SupportStrengths-Based PracticeTrauma-Informed PracticeCo-productionPartnership WorkingExploitation RiskPeer-on-Peer HarmMissing Episodes

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker | EmPower (Contextual Safeguarding Team) | East Lancashire | Full Time at Lancashire County Council a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work social worker listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 28% have no call, 82% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 10 employers

401k / retirement match
100%
Sign-on bonus
45%
CME allowance
33%
Loan repayment
12%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

6.0/ 10
Listing-based score

A signal to investigate—not a guarantee about the workplace.

  • Hybrid
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About Lancashire County Council

Government Administration
Preston, Lancashire
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible working
Equipment needed to work from home
Social Work Academy induction
Training and development opportunities
Career progression pathways