Our current vacancies
Slough Children First is an exciting place to be. We want to be the best and we’re looking for people with the skills, drive, energy and ambition to help us get there! We are looking for people with a passion for children’s social care and a desire to help protect the more vulnerable members of our society.
Please click the button below to view all of our current vacancies.
Introduction from our Chief Executive Officer, Sue Butcher
Welcome to the Slough Children First careers website. Sincere thanks for your interest in working with us.
Our mission is clear: we are dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people in our borough to make sure they’re happy, safe & loved, thriving.
This is an exciting time to join our organisation. We are forging stronger collaborations with Slough Borough Council and partner agencies, working together to support children and families across the Borough.
We share high aspirations for the children we serve and understand the importance of listening to them on both individual and service levels—they deserve the very best. Equally important is our commitment to our staff: building an experienced and stable workforce, maintaining manageable caseloads, and valuing their input.
We look forward to receiving your application. Good luck!
Who we are
Slough Children First is an independent, not-for-profit wholly owned company of Slough Borough Council, which provides social care and support services to children, young people and families.
The Company aims to provide:
• the best possible service, ensuring that children and families are at the centre of everything we do
• the best possible outcomes for vulnerable children and families
• the best possible support to staff, enabling families to change and flourish
• the right support for children and families, at the right time
• working to keep families together where it’s safe to do
Our values
Our vision at Slough Children First is that every child in Slough should be happy, safe & loved, thriving.
To help achieve this, our mission is that we should all be constantly working together to improve the lives of children and young people by protecting, supporting and enabling them to thrive.
Our values, which all our staff and partner agencies are expected to work towards, from those in the back office to those on the frontline.
Rewards and benefits
Our services
Assessment & Intervention & Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
Our Assessment & Intervention, and Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) where initial concerns about a child’s wellbeing and/or safety are first raised and where contact with the service begins and decisions that are made are based on where best to refer a child
Early Help
Our Early Help Services offers support to children, young people and their families when they need targeted supported and before problems escalate
Safeguarding & Family Support
Our Safeguarding & Family Support business area is where most of the statutory engagement with families takes place and where we find children who have a clear, ongoing risk of significant harm
Breakaway
Breakaway is a six-bedroom short break home, providing respite care for children aged 6-18 who have complex needs, a learning and/or physical disability
Children in our Care
Children in our Care is the ‘core’ area of statutory children’s services, where we work with children and young people who are in permanent care. Care Leavers and Children with Disabilities Teams also fall within this service
Virtual School
Virtual School work collaboratively with Social Care and Education Services, the key role is to support the educational outcomes of all children looked after by Slough wherever they attend their ‘real’ school
Independent Fostering Agency (IFA)
Our Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) provides a range of safe and secure foster placements to meet the assessed needs of children and young people in care, and to promote and safeguard their welfare
They work in partnership with children and young people, carers, birth families, our key stakeholders (including Slough Borough Council) and the community
Our current vacancies
Slough Children First is an exciting place to be. We want to be the best and we’re looking for people with the skills, drive, energy and ambition to help us get there! We are looking for people with a passion for children’s social care and a desire to help protect the more vulnerable members of our society.
Please click the link to view all of our current vacancies.
Contact Us
Observatory House
25 Windsor Road
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 2EL
Tel: 07544 378488 / 07749 723017