Children's Social Worker

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Job Summary
We have some exciting new opportunities for social workers available with us in the Assessment and Staying Together teams, with vacancies based in Uttoxeter and Burton, East Staffordshire.

Main Duties of the Job
Our Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county, and we remain passionate about investing in retaining our own and developing practice. If you are looking for more responsibility, a supportive role with your colleagues whilst continuing to support and safeguard some of our most vulnerable/high risk children and young people, then this could be just for you.

We are looking for qualified social workers with post qualifying experience of working with vulnerable children and knowledge of safeguarding and children in care. A career progression framework is in place to support you which also includes:

• Practice Educator Programme.
• Aspiring Senior Practice Lead and Aspiring Team Manager programmes.

For more information on working in at Staffordshire and our social worker career pathway, please visit Children & Families - Careers at Staffordshire.

Main Responsibilities
You will:

• Be working with families across the continuum of need from Child In Need through to the conclusion of Care Proceedings.
• Work closely with your colleagues in Early Help, Children in Care and Care Leavers and Children with Disabilities Team, as well as colleagues in health and education.
• Complete the statutory duties in coordinating the child's plan, reviewing and ensuring that our children are seen and heard.
• Undertake section 47 investigations.
• Undertake placement of children into Local Authority care, when it is agreed they can no longer remain at home.
• Be responsible for the completion of both Private and Public law reports.
• Refer into our centralised services for specialist support/services.

The Ideal Candidate
You’ll Need:

• A qualified Social Worker.
• Registered with Social Work England.
• A current UK driving licence and vehicle.
• Ideally have completed their ASYE before starting this role.

But above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.

For an informal chat about the roles, please contact: Joel Davison, Team Manager on 01283 881154 or [e-mail]

Interviews will be held on week commencing 14 April 2025.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.

This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.