Advanced Children’s Social Worker
Staffordshire County Council is looking for a qualified Social Worker with post‑qualifying experience in working with vulnerable children. This role is based in Tamworth and offers the opportunity to support and safeguard some of the most vulnerable/high‑risk children and young people in the county.
Main Responsibilities
* Key in the support and coaching of our Social Workers.
* Encourage and ensure focus on quality of practice and achieving positive outcomes for children and families.
* Manage a complex allocation of children.
* Share in day‑to‑day care management tasks with the team manager, promoting a restorative approach to working with children and families, making decisions and providing advice and guidance to social workers with regard to child in need, Child Protection and Child in Care and Care Proceedings, in consultation with the manager, and chairing of strategy meetings, complex Child in Need and Core Group meetings.
* Coordinate and facilitate team group supervision.
* Promote effective multi‑agency service delivery, and restorative practice with partner agencies.
* Ensure the team works toward achieving key service delivery objectives to ensure satisfactory team performance against key 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 the provision of practice placements for students and support social workers undertaking the practice assessment and workload management of social work students in the team.
* 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.
Career progression framework includes the Practice Educator Programme, Aspiring Senior Practice Lead and Aspiring Team Manager programmes, and a strong learning and development programme linked to the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.
The Ideal Candidate
* Qualified Social Worker with post‑qualifying experience.
* Registered with Social Work England.
* Have a current UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
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 more information about this vacancy or for an informal chat please contact Heather Kliner, Team Manager on email heather.kliner1@staffordshire.gov.uk. Interviews will be held week commencing 8th December 2025.
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.
Our Values
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.
Our Benefits
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to our rewards and benefits.
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 organisation and 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 commitment to supporting care leavers, we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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