Social Worker Connected Carers Team SO3 ( 39,862 - 45,091) This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to 963 per annum. 37 hours, Full-Time and 18.5 hours, Part-Time Permanent Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking Application Deadline: 29th December 2025 11:59pm Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Shortlisting Date: W/C 29th December 2025 Interview Date: 21st January 2026 Interview Type: Face to Face While we embrace the use of AI as an innovative tool to maximise our services at Stockport Council, we are looking for authenticity in applications we receive. We therefore ask you to think carefully if choosing to use AI when completing your application and ask that you ensure you read all instructions carefully and that your application is written by you and reflects your skills, knowledge and enthusiasm. Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025 Your Role Stockport s Fostering Service seeks to deliver a highly professional service to both carers and Stockport s cared for children and young people. The Connected Carers Team provides support and supervision to both Kinship foster carers and other kinship carers including Special Guardians. The team also undertakes assessments which includes Viability Assessments, Regulation 24 Assessments and Form K Assessments (kinship assessments) which includes court directed Kinship Assessments and SGO Assessments. We are recruiting one full time and one part time permanent Social Worker to join the team. This post will the upon completing assessments. Other tasks include: post order SGO support, the delivery of kinship carer training and facilitating support groups. All of the social workers within the service undertake the task of duty, which is on a rota basis. This will include regulation 24 assessments and viability assessments. There are opportunities to become involved in a range of other service developments. You will work closely with kinship foster carers, other kinship carers, social work and legal colleagues and professionals from other agencies. About You You will have a Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England. You will have social work experience and some experience of fostering, kinship and SGO experience. The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service. About Us You will receive regular supervision and training and development opportunities are provided for all staff. The team is an establish team supportive team. At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions. If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Zoe Knipe on 07971064188 email Zoe.knipe@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role The successful applicant s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify. Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria. Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme Privacy Notice Follow our recruitment team on X, Instagram and Facebook for updates on our vacancies and recruitment events. Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce. We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.