Specialist Social Worker - Inclusis Ltd (Tide House)
- North Devon, Devon, Torridge, Hybrid
- Full Time
- Up to £55,000 (based on experience)
Location: Tide House, Bideford, Devon
Role type: Flexible (office based, with some home working)
Reporting to: Registered Manager
About Tide House
Tide House is a Residential Family Assessment Centre rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted (August 2025). We undertake parenting assessments for up to five families placed with us, providing ‘expert evidence’ to support families, local authorities and care proceedings. Families have self-contained accommodation of 1-3 bedrooms, allowing us to support families with multiple parents and children.
Tide House utilises relational approaches to support families to care for their children in a safe and consistent way, alongside undertaking the required assessment of them, as directed by the Local Authority or Court.
The role
As a Specialist Social Worker you will typically be responsible for undertaking the parenting assessments of 2-3 families that are placed at Tide House. You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team that includes Social Workers, Therapists, Assessment Support Workers and Family Key Workers. The team are highly skilled and experienced in supporting families with a wide range of needs, including mental ill-health, substance use, learning disabilities, domestic abuse and past trauma.
Alongside undertaking the parenting assessment, you will utilise your social work skills and experience contribute to the wider team learning and development, including weekly meetings that review the ongoing assessment and monitoring levels for each family.
This role has an important safeguarding responsibility, both for the families you directly work with and as a contributor to the wider safeguarding culture throughout the organisation. Close support, clear communication and regular recordings all support us to ensure children at Tide House are kept safe and their wellbeing promoted.
This role can be undertaken fully in the office or with 2-3 days of home working, depending upon the current stage of assessment. You will be expected to be present, in person, for assessment sessions, delivering ‘Feedback’ and for most multi-agency meetings. The length of the office days can be negotiated.
The successful candidate will have:
- As least 3 years post-qualifying experience of working in children’s social work
- Experience of undertaking parenting assessments, report writing and care proceedings
- A trauma-informed approach to working with parents, whilst ensuring a child-focus to the assessment
- Experience of engaging families to make positive and sustained change
- A commitment to professional development
What we offer at Tide House:
- A warm, person‑centred organisation making a real difference
- A homely, nurturing environment where people feel valued
- Small enough for strong relationships, big enough for real opportunities
- A supportive culture focused on improving lives every day
- Clear values and meaningful purpose
- Everything we do is centred around safety, wellbeing and getting it right for families
- A commitment to delivering the best possible outcomes for families through consistent, high quality and relational practice
- A shared vision that everyone is part of and contributes to
- Supportive, visible and experienced leadership
- Managers who listen, guide and actively support you
- A collaborative multi‑disciplinary approach
- Friendly and approachable leadership team
- Regular 1:1 and group supervision
- Robust, supportive induction
- Structured induction programme to help you feel confident in your role
- Hands-on learning and guidance from experienced staff
- Shadowing shifts and ongoing mentoring
- Support for your career progression
- We invest in developing your skills and career
- Training and qualifications funded (by agreement)
- Pathways for progression into different roles
- Meaningful rewards
- Highly competitive salary
- Paid annual leave (33 days for this position)
- Paid sick leave
- Private healthcare
- Company pension
- Paid car parking (for this position)
- Paid Social Work England registration fees (for social work positions)
- Paid flu vaccine
- Paid eye care
- Annual staff celebration and social event
- Excellent IT systems
- Bespoke, in-house, case management system
- Responsive, in-person IT support
- Easy-to-use systems that help you succeed in your role
- Tools designed to make your work smoother and more efficient
- A great working environment
- A calm, positive and well-maintained office setting
- Tea, coffee and biscuits, as needed!
- A team culture built on kindness, respect and collaboration
- A supportive atmosphere where everyone looks out for each other
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, then please contact Karl Knill on 01237 237120.
Job description
Please see attached.
Safeguarding
Tide House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults. Safer recruitment practices are followed to ensure all candidates are suitable to work with vulnerable individuals. This includes robust vetting procedures, comprehensive pre‑employment checks, and an expectation that all staff uphold our safeguarding policies at all times.
This role, as it involves regulated activity, will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, verification of identity, scrutiny of employment history, and the gathering of suitable references.
Equal opportunities
Tide House is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that no applicant or employee is discriminated against directly or indirectly as a result of any protected characteristic.
How to apply
If you would like to apply, then please complete the application form which can be found here: https://forms.office.com/e/VSGzjvtYck