Become part of a team which shares your passion
Thank you for your interest in working with us. Whether you’re an experienced practitioner, a newly qualified social worker, or you’re looking for a support services role, you’ll be able to develop your career in a great working environment with us in Reading.
Please note, we guarantee all Reading care leavers an interview if they meet the basic selection criteria for a vacancy. Please let us know as part of your application.
Apart from our executive roles, our vacancies are advertised on Jobs Go Public and on Total Jobs. The recruitment process is handled for us by our parent company, Reading Borough Council.
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Current Vacancies
Full-time, Permanent post
Salary: £44,648 to £49,418 pa (including £8000 market supplement)
Closing date: 7 May 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed
Job reference: BFC0714
We currently have a vacancy for qualified social workers in our Children Looked After Team.
The Children Looked After Team consists of 7 social workers, an Assistant Team Manager and a Team Manager. We also have students in our team who provide great support and learning to the team. We are Corporate Parents for our children in care and seek to ensure that all children in care achieve permanency and have effective care planning. The team works closely with Independent Reviewing Officers, virtual school, permanency team and health colleagues to ensure that our children and young peoples’ needs are being met. The Team are very committed and passionate about the children they serve to ensure the best outcomes is achieved for them.
For any query or informal discussion, please feel free to contact hiring manager – Matthew Hearn on Matthew.Hearn@brighterfuturesforchildren.org
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Full Time, Permanent post
Salary: £44,648 – £49,418 per annum (includes £8000 annual market supplement)
Welcome payment: £5000 (after successful 6-month probationary period)
Loyalty payments: £3000 at both 12 and 24 months
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Routes into Teaching
Our local Initial Teacher Education provider, the University of Reading, works in partnership with local schools to provide various routes into teaching. These include primary and secondary School Direct, school-based routes into teaching through which trainee teachers are embedded in local schools throughout the year as well as attending university for core training and support. Visit the following pages for further information and to find out your next step on the road to becoming a teacher:
Primary School Direct
Primary School Direct in partnership with the Institute of Education, University of Reading
Primary PGCE programme
Primary PGCE at the Institute of Education, University of Reading
Secondary Initial Teacher Training
Secondary education at the Institute of Education, University of Reading
If you are a Reading school interested in hosting a School Direct trainee, please find out more and contact the University via
Institute of Education – Partnership website (reading.ac.uk)
School Direct can be a great way to ‘grow your own’ teachers, and with both salaried and tuition-fee funded routes available there is not necessarily any cost to the school.
How to join us
Our staff are at the very core of what we do. Without them we wouldn’t be able to provide any of our services. They represent us within the community and are at the frontline of decision making for many children, young people and their families.
Our aim is to value, support and enable everyone to be able to do their jobs well and it’s the same for our employees of the future.
We value the fact that it takes time in your busy day to call and make an enquiry or to complete an application form. It is important to us that we provide an efficient and effective service to everyone that we have contact with and we aim to provide all candidates with a very positive and efficient recruitment experience.
We aim to confirm receipt of all enquiries within 48hrs and to keep you informed at each stage of the recruitment process.
Most of our communication with you will be via email so be sure to give us the correct email address.
We welcome enquiries and visits so if you would like to pop in and meet us and see who we are prior to making an application or attending an interview then just let us know.
While you're here...Ever thought about becoming a foster carer?
Foster carers receive an allowance, so essentially it’s a paid role and can be a hugely rewarding career!