We have an exciting opportunity in our Assessment and Staying Together Teams within East Staffordshire (Burton on Trent).
Life-changing work. Game-changing support. 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. This is an exciting opportunity that offers just that.
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
We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.
For more information on working in Staffordshire and our social worker career pathway, please visit Children & Families - Careers at Staffordshire
Main Responsibilities
* Manage a complex allocation of children’s share in day-to-day care management tasks with the team manager, promoting a restorative approach to working with children and families.
* Make decisions and provide advice and guidance to social workers regarding child in need, Child Protection, and Child in Care and Care Proceedings, in consultation with the manager.
* Chair strategy meetings, complex Child in Need, and Core Group meetings.
* Promote effective multi-agency service delivery and restorative practice with partner agencies.
* Ensure the team works towards achieving key service delivery objectives to meet performance indicators.
* Mentor social work colleagues through assistance with complex cases, including Care Proceedings work, to support the professional development of newly qualified social workers.
* Be responsible for providing practice placements for students and supporting social workers undertaking practice assessments and workload management of social work students.
* Provide professional supervision to unqualified staff (including students and sessional workers), including identifying training needs.
* Lead on or contribute to projects as directed by the team manager.
The Ideal Candidate
* Qualified Social Worker with post-qualifying experience.
* Registered with Social Work England.
* Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle.
* Above all, possess a desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time, aiming to keep families together where it’s safe to do so.
Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications, so consider applying anyway. For an informal chat, please contact joel.davison@staffordshire.gov.uk.
Interview date: week commencing 25 August 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.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice, and they sit at the heart of our People Strategy.
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious, and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead — that goes for your career too.
Our benefits
We recognise that it is our employees who are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a staff member, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire.
Our recruitment process
As an authority, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organization and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer, and our support for care leavers, we offer a guaranteed interview if your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Because safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults is important to us, this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable, you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, warnings, cautions, and convictions in your application.
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