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 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  

Stoke-on-Trent is a city on the up – we’ve been confirmed as the best area in the country for economic growth, we’ve been named as one of the most cultural places to live by the Sunday Times and we’re one of the greenest cities in the country with acres of green open spaces and parks.

Of course, we do face challenges as a city – and we are very open about these.  We are on an improvement journey, and we face tough challenges but with that comes the opportunity for you to make a real difference and with it, a huge sense of accomplishment.

Children are our number one priority, and we want every child to thrive and be the best they can be, reaching their full potential.  We also want Stoke-on-Trent to be the best place to be a social worker, where you are able to focus on working with children and families to deliver positive outcomes. 

There is a strong sense of togetherness here and Stoke has undoubtedly the friendliest people in the UK.

We are investing in high-quality learning and development offers to ensure that you have access to high-quality learning, development opportunities and support, whatever stage of your career you are at.

If you’re looking for a challenging yet rewarding role, one where you’ll be supported every step of the way, Stoke-on-Trent City Council could be the place for you.  

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

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority.  If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

To Apply

please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ 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.