Main Responsibilities
* Support the recruitment, retention, placement matching of children with disabilities / complex needs and young people who are moving from residential care into foster families.
* Provide direct supervisory support to foster carers and contribute to pre-placement assessments to ensure young people placed are safe while being supported and managed to achieve positive outcomes during and beyond their placement experience.
* Work directly with a range of multi‑agency professionals to coordinate long and short‑term placement needs.
* Cohort case management responsibility for complex cases and co‑work cases with less experienced staff.
* Offer advice, support and consultation to team members including direct supervision of Family Practitioners.
* Promote effective multi‑agency service delivery and restorative practice with partner agencies.
* Hold a caseload on a county‑wide basis.
The Ideal Candidate
* Qualified Social Worker with post‑qualifying experience, working with foster carers and children in care, and demonstrating relevant experience in supervisory responsibility and team development.
* Registered with Social Work England.
* Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle.
* Commitment to embedding restorative practice within your role and the wider service.
For more information please contact Alisha Gordon, Team Manager at alisha.gordon@staffordshire.gov.uk.
This is a 12 month fixed term post.
Interviews will take place on 25th June 2026 at Staffordshire Place One.
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. The minimum essential criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes detailed below.
Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding
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.
As you’ll know, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why 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.
Benefits
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to our rewards and benefits.
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