Overview
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 which 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 also have a career progression framework in place to support you which includes: Practice Educator Programme, Aspiring Social Work Practice Lead Programme, Aspiring Team Manager Programme. We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.
You will be based in the Staffordshire Moorlands, in one of two Assessment and Staying Together Teams. We are a small but supportive and welcoming team with excellent relationships with our district colleagues in Early Help, SEND, Education, Children with Disabilities and we are co-located with our Children in Care and Care Leavers Team. We embed a restorative model and are committed to ensuring that every child is supported through a whole district approach.
Main Responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
You will be working with families across the continuum of need from Child In Need through to the conclusion of Care Proceedings and Adoption planning. You will be responsible for:
* Completing your statutory duties in co-ordinating the child’s plan, reviewing and ensuring that our children are seen and heard.
* Undertaking section 47 investigations.
* Undertaking placement of children into Local Authority care, when it is agreed they can no longer remain at home.
* Completing of both Private law reports and Public law proceedings.
* Referring into our centralised services for specialist support/services
* Supporting our ASYE's and student Social Workers.
The Ideal Candidate
The Ideal Candidate
More generally, overall, our social workers need to be a:
* Qualified Social Worker with significant experience in a Child in Need, Child Protection Team & Court Proceedings.
* Registered with Social Work England.
* Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle.
* Experience of supporting and mentoring your colleagues.
* But above all, you will 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 is safe to do so.
How to apply and contacts
For more information about this vacancy or for an informal chat please contact Team Manager, Angela Cooke at angela.cooke1@staffordshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held week commencing 3 November 2025.
Our Recruitment Process
To ensure fairness, we anonymise applications during shortlisting so that only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement to highlight the skills, experience, and values you’ll bring to the role.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council. Our Values prompt how we think and act, and sit at the heart of People Strategy. Our benefits include access to rewards and benefits. We recognise that employees are central to everything we do and aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and a healthy work-life balance.
As part of our commitment, we are Disability Confident, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and support care leavers with 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 this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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