🩺 We’re Hiring – Social Worker – Children in Care

📍 Location: Dudley Council
🔖 Reference – SCS2044
🕒 Job Type: Temporary – Full Time
💼 Start Date: ASAP
💰 Rate: £41.00 per hour
📅 Contract: 3–6 months, with the potential for extension
🏢 Working Pattern: Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week on-site

About the Role:

We are currently recruiting on behalf of Dudley Council for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker – Children in Care to join their well-established Children in Care Team on a full-time temporary basis.

This is an excellent opportunity to support children and young people to achieve safe, stable, and positive outcomes. You will manage a varied caseload of children and young people with permanence plans, providing high-quality, child-centred support throughout their journey in care.

The successful candidate will build meaningful relationships with children, families, carers, and partner agencies while promoting stability, permanency, and long-term positive outcomes.

You will undertake statutory visits, assessments, care planning, and pathway planning, ensuring all work is completed in line with statutory guidance, legislation, and best practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a varied caseload of children and young people with permanence plans.
• Undertake statutory visits, assessments, care planning, and pathway planning.
• Develop and maintain effective care plans that promote stability and positive outcomes.
• Assess and manage safeguarding risks, ensuring children remain safe and their needs are appropriately addressed.
• Support permanence planning, including reunification, adoption, long-term fostering, residential care, connected persons placements, and Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs).
• Support pathway planning for young people preparing for adulthood.
• Build positive and meaningful relationships with children, young people, families, and carers.
• Prepare high-quality assessments, reports, and statutory documentation.
• Work collaboratively with Team Managers, Independent Reviewing Officers, education providers, health professionals, and other partner agencies.
• Contribute to effective multi-agency working and ensure statutory timescales are met.
• Support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children where required as part of the National Transfer Scheme.
• Work closely with Care Experienced Personal Advisors to support positive transition plans for young people approaching adulthood.

Requirements:

• Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration.
• Significant experience working with children and families within a statutory social work setting.
• Previous experience within a Children in Care Team or strong transferable experience within Children’s Services.
• Sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, and best practice.
• Experience in permanence planning, reunification, and supporting children to achieve positive long-term outcomes.
• Strong assessment, report writing, and care planning skills.
• Ability to manage a varied and complex caseload effectively.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to meet statutory timescales and maintain accurate case records.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality, child-focused, and relationship-based social work practice.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive rate of £41.00 per hour.
• Full-time temporary opportunity for 3–6 months.
• Hybrid working arrangement with a minimum of 3 days per week on-site.
• Opportunity to work within a stable and well-established Children in Care Team.
• Work alongside experienced professionals and multi-agency partners.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children and young people’s lives.
• Gain valuable experience across permanence planning, safeguarding, care planning, and pathway planning.

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To apply, please email the following documents to esther@supplycaresolutions.co.uk:

• Up-to-date CV
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK (Passport or Biometric Visa)
• National Insurance Number
• Enhanced DBS Certificate
• Social Work England registration number

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