Complex Safeguarding Social Worker – Manchester City Council
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Working Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract Type: Full time / Permanent
Additional Payments: Essential car user allowance
Closing Date: 12th December 2025
Interview Method: Face to Face
Essential Requirements
* 2 References – where possible we require a 3 year history.
* Social Work Qualification and registration with Social Work England
* Medical Clearance – Pre-placement health assessment (PPHA)
* Essential Car Documentation – This post is a designated Essential Car User. You must hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work. You will receive the Essential Car User Allowance.
* DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance – this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced DBS check.
* Completed ASYE
Responsibilities
* You will support the locality social work teams in accessing, supporting, and disrupting exploitative abuse and supporting children and their families with recovery from this harm.
* You will consult with partner agencies about individual children presenting with indicators of exploitative abuse and/or Serious Violence worries, log the consultations, analysis and recommendations on the Liquid Logic system, ensuring a Complex Safeguarding footprint, to support future & current planning.
* You will be required to attend Strategy Meetings and planning meetings and complete concise reports to share with the school and Children’s Services whilst offering your analysis and advice as a Social Worker relating to the next step.
* You will support Police with operations that aim to tackle and disrupt exploitation, including outreach work in Manchester City Centre.
* You will directly work with children at risk of and those experiencing exploitative abuse and/or those affected by Serious Violence. You will be creative in your planning and utilise a variety of resources to enhance your engagement with the child.
* You will be passionate about trauma informed and relationship-based practice, and you will champion positive language across your professional networks to ensure that the child is advocated for in an appropriate way.
* You will develop and sustain strong working relationships with partners across the city, inclusive of the voluntary sector.
* You will be flexible and tenacious in your practice demonstrating creativity in your work doing ‘whatever it takes’, whilst developing positive relationships based on trust with vulnerable children.
* You will be based within the Complex Safeguarding Multiagency Hub, with GMP Police Officers, NHS Specialist Nurse, Early Help, MFH Team and the Children’s Society to deliver the best possible response to those experiencing exploitation and/or serious violence. A key part of the role is to work with colleagues in social work teams across the city to support and advise on exploitation issues.
* You will champion the Trusted Relationship Model and utilise the Clinical Psychologist sessions that support professional networks to unpick the trauma the child has suffered to understand the child’s presentation and how best to engage them.
* You will be expected to undertake assessments of risk and implement robust safety planning and deliver bespoke interventions with the child to achieve multiagency disruption of abuse and reduction of harm.
Desirable Requirements
* Experience and knowledge of how to support children and young people who have been or are at risk of exploitation, experiencing risks outside of the home, and/or serious violence.
* Experience of working in education, knowledge of alternative provisions, and understanding of challenges that impact children within schools.
Benefits
* Generous holiday allowance – up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays. Increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service. You can purchase up to two additional weeks.
* A buzzing pension – enrolled in the UK’s largest local government pension scheme, with plenty of options to top up your benefits. Includes life cover of three-times your salary as a lump sum.
* Enhanced parental and carers leave – designed to provide ample time for you to bond with your new born or support your family during critical life events.
* Brilliant perks – a range of discounts, from saving on the weekly shop to holidays and days out with MCR+, plus discounts on phone contracts, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs and eye tests, and more.
* Learn and grow – diverse learning opportunities, workshops, training sessions, apprenticeships and qualifications. All begins with our comprehensive onboarding process.
* A Good Employment Charter member – secure, flexible work and embedding fairness into everything we do.
* Up to 3 days volunteering leave – give back to the community with pro‑rate paid volunteering leave.
Diversity and Inclusion, Support During the Process
At Manchester City Council, we actively welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, Disabled people and young people. We are a Disability Confident Employer offering a workplace adjustment hub, staff networks for Disabled, Neurodiversity, and Mental Health staff, and a strong commitment to accessibility standards.
Interview Adjustments: Let us know if you need any adjustments during the interview.
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Pre-Employment Checks
* Proof of Right to Work – documentary evidence of your right to work in the UK.
* References – from your current and previous employer(s).
* Proof of Qualifications – evidence of qualifications relevant to the role.
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check – a criminal record check may be necessary.
* Proof of Manchester Residency – for some roles you may need to demonstrate you reside within Manchester City Council boundaries.
* Police Vetting – if required to access sensitive law enforcement systems.
* Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance – for roles that involve access to government data.
* Driving Licence – evidence of a valid licence if the role requires driving.
Other Relevant Information
We aim to ensure you can be yourself at work. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we will source necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If a task proves unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.
What we will need from you if you’re successful
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment.
Contact
For more information about the role or any adjustments, email jobs@manchester.gov.uk.
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