Salary: Newly Qualified £40,777 - £45,091 Qualified £46,142 - £49,282 Location: Derby / Field work Team Hours: 37 hours a week Closing Date: 24 May 2026 Contract Type: Permanent We currently seeking a permanent full time Qualified Social Worker post in the Fieldwork Team at the Integrated Disabled Childrens service. The service supports children and families where there is a child with a moderate to severe Learning Disability. In the Fieldwork Team you will undertake work with children and families at Child In Need, Child Protection and Care Proceedings and support Looked After Children. You will also be required to write section 7 reports for private proceedings and undertake permanency work including Adoption. You will also complete assessments and court applications when applying the Mental Capacity Act where there is a Deprivation of Liberty. Joining us as a Social Worker, we try to provide everything you need to feel happy that you're doing the best possible job. Working alongside your Team Manager, you'll carry out child-focused assessments, developing appropriate service plans to ensure the most positive outcomes for vulnerable children. You will be part of an established and supportive team with a Senior Practitioner, have access to regular supervision, peer support and continuing professional development opportunities. Derby has been on a journey continually developing and improving our offer to children, young people and their families. We are proud of our Ofsted judgement of Outstanding. In Derby we aren't complacent about this and recognise that our Social Work workforce is key to this achievement. We operate a Strength Based Practice Model which our Social Workers, Team Managers and Senior Leaders are passionate and knowledgeable about. The workforce understands the needs of children and are skilful in identifying risks and considering the impact they may have on the individual child. We want like-minded Social Workers to join our workforce and become part of Derby's journey. If this is reflective of the place you'd like to work, please apply. If you're interested and would want an informal conversation, please call Andrew Lyth Team Manager on 01332 640693 Who We Are Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us. What We Offer You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive: • Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role) • Modern office environment (depending on your job location) • Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations • 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract) • Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract) • Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts • Tusker Car Benefit Scheme • Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training • Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support • Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network • Support for colleagues who are carers Next Steps If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website. The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 24th May 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted. Interview proposed week of 08th June 2026 If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to andrew.lyth@derby.gov.uk, Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to recruitment.team@derby.gov.uk, however this is optional and will not affect your application. Important Information Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below. As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form. Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification. Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job. We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for. Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality. If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/ Please see here for Job Description Please see here for Person Specification Please see Declaration Form for CV Applications here Please see Equalities Form for CV Applications here Please see here for DBS Code of Conduct