Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. Permanent 18.5 hours Social Worker vacancy Emergency Duty Team – EDT - Cheshire West and Chester Grade 10 plus 30% out of hours enhancement. We are excited to recruit to this role within the Emergency Duty Team, which explicitly covers out of hours social work response. As a generic social work service, we cover the county of Cheshire West responding to urgent assessments. You must be a qualified and registered Social Worker with experience, highly skilled and out of hours working suits your lifestyle and other commitments. In this role you will have the fantastic opportunity to work within a small team of experienced staff where you will be prioritising need and making effective and sound judgements in a variety of challenging situations. You will be offered robust supervision and supported by a Snr Social Worker/ Practice Manager and Team Manager who are present and involved in the shifts. We are looking for social workers who are AMHP qualified (or willing to train) and have experience of Adults and Children’s work. A good understanding of statutory responsibilities across services is essential including Adult Safeguarding, Child Protection, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. Knowledge of legislative frameworks including the Children Act (1989), Mental Health Act (1983) as amended (2007), the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the Care Act (2014) is required. You should be confident in your decision making, able to work autonomously and be proactive, with excellent organisation and recording skills. You should have the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. You would make positive use of supervision and contribute to the team development and understand the council’s priorities, values and expected behaviours. You will work to a rolling rota which includes weekends, night working and bank holiday cover. The 6-week rota runs consecutively; annual leave is included in the time off. The EDT rota offers an attractive pattern to shift work. As this is important to understand- please contact to discuss the rota this vacancy would cover. The out of hours working and lone working overnight role, is supported by a 30% enhancement to the grade. It would be preferred that staff live within a twenty-five-mile radius of the office base in Chester. The contracted working is a Hybrid model which requires some shifts must be undertaken in the central office setting and others are working from home. Our Social Care workforce is passionate and committed to improving outcomes in our authority by providing a consistent, high-quality service to individuals and families together with the support from excellent leadership and management. It is a good time to join our authority. We are very proud to be mentioned in the most recent Children’s services Ofsted as a strong EDT with excellent safeguarding. As well, as in the 2025 CQC Adults services inspection, with commentary on a strong and stable EDT with excellent safeguarding of vulnerable adults. Since 2019 we have operated under ‘Our Way of Working' alongside our multi-agency partners in order to ensure improved collaboration and to have one common approach to practice Motivational Interviewing and Trauma Informed Practice. As a local authority, we have developed an inspirational social work offer to support and develop our valued workforce, including: * High quality progression and developmental opportunities; including aspiring and Practice Educator programmes. * High quality supervision. * Strong reflective practice framework. For further information or to discuss the post please contact CWaC EDT Team Manager, Kristy Thomas Kristy.thomas@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12.60 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.