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Salary up to £46,731 per year
Hours: Permanent full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible working
Join Solihull's innovative Children's Social Care team and make a transformative difference in children's lives, with competitive salaries up to £46,731 and supportive, flexible working environments.
We are looking for experienced social workers who are passionate about providing a high-quality social work service to vulnerable children, young people and their families that positively promotes their welfare and life changes.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council,
Experienced Social Worker
Team: Safeguarding & Support Teams
Salary up to £46,731 per year
Hours: Permanent full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible working
Join Solihull's innovative Children's Social Care team and make a transformative difference in children's lives, with competitive salaries up to £46,731 and supportive, flexible working environments.
We are looking for experienced social workers who are passionate about providing a high-quality social work service to vulnerable children, young people and their families that positively promotes their welfare and life changes.
About The Role
We currently have vacancies across the service, including our Safeguarding & Support Team, based in our modern offices at Chelmunds Place, Chelmsley Wood, Solihull.
In our Safeguarding & Support Team, as an experienced social worker in children in need and court work, supported by your line manager you will integrate one of our social work pods. You will be expected to focus your work on good quality assessment and dynamic planning, working alongside families and partners to deliver a timely and intensive intervention to our most vulnerable children and families in need of support.
You will work with partners to deliver timely evidence based interventions both within the child protection process and pre-proceedings/care proceedings through to permanency planning.
Each of our teams has an experienced family support worker who will undertake direct work, and a range of practical tasks to support the families you work with.
Our teams hold many long standing, incredibly knowledgeable and experienced social workers who are keen to share their expertise with others within our culture of continual shared learning and development.
For more information about all our social work teams, please click here.
Our Offer to You
* Competitive Salaries – Earn one of highest salaries (within the top three) in the region - up to £46,731 per annum (as confirmed by an independent pay analysis of 13 local authorities across the West Midlands).
* Manageable workloads – allowing you the time to give dedicated support where it is needed.
* Guaranteed supervision every five weeks, to ensure you feel supported and are on the right track.
* Local government pension – 6.8% (subject to annual review/change) section contribution.
* Generous annual leave – 25 days rising to 30 days after five years' service and the opportunity to buy up to 10 days additional leave per year.
* Flexible working – including hybrid working.
* Professional development – High quality year-round training and coaching and in house academic programs (Practice Education Award) via our Children's Social Care Academy (in partnership with Bournemouth University)
* Clear career pathways through to Senior Social Worker, specialist roles and leadership and management.
* Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 access to independent, free and confidential support and advice
* Relocation Package – up to £6,500 towards the cost of moving house (terms and conditions apply).
About You
Successful applicants will be committed to delivering a high-quality, transparent service and ensuring the wellbeing of children, young people and their families in Solihull. You will also have:
* A professional Social Worker qualification and current Social Work England registration
* Significant post qualifying experience
* A solution-focussed approach
* A sound knowledge of current national and regional social work policies/practices and relevant childcare legislation
* A driving licence and own your own vehicle (this is an essential car user post due to the demands of the job). For disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments will be made where required.
About Us
We place children and young people at the heart of all we do to enable them to achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives.
We are ambitious in building a stronger Solihull for our children, families and workforce in Solihull. Connecting Families is Solihull Children’s Services’ practice framework.
At its core, Connecting Families demonstrates the beliefs, values and principles of restorative practice and gives us a consistent relationship-based way of practicing to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.
We believe that families and their connected networks are of primary importance in improving outcomes for children. Children and their family networks are experts in their own lives; they have strengths which they should be empowered to build and draw on through effective family decision making.
For more information about the many benefits of working for Solihull, our teams or to see our other vacancies, please click here.
Contact Us
To apply, please click the link.
If you have a specific question regarding these opportunities, please contact:
Sara Jefferies, Team Manager: sjefferies@solihull.gov.uk
or
Hayley Hadnum, Team Manager: hhadnum@solihull.gov.uk
Closing Date: 31 July 2025
Whilst these opportunities are advertised as full time, we would welcome applications for working on a part time or job share basis.
Further information
This post will require a DBS check.
This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.
Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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