Children’s Social Worker – Complex Safeguarding – Stockport – £38

Ashberry Recruitment; Stockport; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a passionate Social Worker to join a dedicated team focused on complex safeguarding. This role involves working closely with adolescents who are vulnerable to exploitation, providing essential support and guidance. You will collaborate with various professionals, including police and health officers, to ensure seamless care for children. The position demands creativity and patience to build trust with young people, alongside a flexible approach to meet their needs. If you are committed to making a difference and have the required experience, this role offers a fulfilling career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years post-qualified experience in social work focusing on adolescents.
• Strong grounding in statutory processes and child exploitation.

Responsibilities

• Support children over 10 facing exploitation and vulnerability.
• Contribute to awareness raising and training opportunities.

Skills

Statutory children's social work

Court processes

Child exploitation knowledge

Adolescent development

Relationship building

Flexibility in working hours

Education

Social Work qualification

Tools

Business insurance for transportation

Job description

Children’s Social Worker
Team: Complex Safeguarding
Location: Stockport
Rate: £38

Exciting opportunity – Complex Safeguarding!

We are looking for an experienced Social Worker (2 years post-qualified), with a passion for working with adolescents, to join our Aspire complex Safeguarding team. Our complex safeguarding team is co-located with Police, health and missing from home officers and is part of an aligned service with Youth Justice, ensuring seamless support to children and young people where exploitation and vulnerability to extra-familial harm is a concern.

You will have a strong grounding in statutory children’s social work, with experience of court processes, including an understanding of DOLS. You will be co-allocated, alongside locality social workers, to work with children, usually over the age of 10, to support them where there is vulnerability to, or evidence of child exploitation, including sexual and criminal exploitation, and modern slavery.

You will have excellent knowledge of adolescent development, child exploitation and trafficking, and be able to share expert knowledge with other social workers to increase awareness and support their decision-making, including contribution to strategy meetings.

You will be skilled at forming relationships with young people who may mistrust professionals, and where you will need to demonstrate creativity, tenacity and patience to form trust.

You will be flexible in your approach, with an ability to respond to young people at critical moments (which may require some flexibility of working hours, in discussion/agreement with your line manager).

You will contribute to awareness raising across the council, including the Week of Action for exploitation twice per year, and input at regular training and development opportunities.

You will need a car for work each day, and business insurance that allows you to transport young people. There may be some travel outside of Stockport to meet the needs of children and young people where they live and spend time.

We would like you to be based in the office at least 3 days per week, to ensure visibility of support for the wider service, and responsiveness to young people as needs arise.