Directorate: Children and Family Services
Section: Children's Social Care
Grade: Level 11
Hours: 37 hours
This advert is open to both internal and external applicants.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker to join the Children with Disabilities Team.
We are looking for a qualified children’s services Social Worker, ideally with experience in safeguarding, who can undertake varied and diverse case management and exceptional quality assessments in a timely and accurate manner, with a child-centred approach.
You will be confident in consistent high-quality service delivery, where you will demonstrate and improve outcomes for our children and young people, with your skills at supporting a culture of excellence and good practice in an inclusive environment.
You will be able to form, develop and maintain strong professional internal and external relationships and engage in multi-agency partnership working with education and health, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills on all levels.
We know and understand that being a social worker is hard work and challenging at times, that’s why we reward you with a very attractive employment offer.
Amongst the benefits we offer are:
* Up to 40 days holiday (including 8 days bank holidays)
* Option to buy extra annual leave
* Flexible working hours
* Hybrid working
* Relocation allowance to £8,000 subject to policy
* Manageable caseloads
* High quality reflective supervision
* Health and wellbeing support
* Access to staff equality and diversity networks
To be considered for a position you must have a degree in Social Work or equivalent and be registered with Social Work England.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Additional Information
Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.
To Apply
Please visit our website here. If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.
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