Children's Social Worker

Children's Social Work Matters; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team in Rotherham, committed to delivering outstanding services to children and families. This role offers a supportive environment with a strong learning culture, manageable caseloads, and opportunities for professional development. You'll be part of a community that values your career ambitions, whether you aim to be a confident Social Worker, advanced practitioner, or move into management. With a generous annual leave allowance and hybrid working arrangements, this is an exciting opportunity to grow within a Good-rated authority by Ofsted.

Benefits

Generous Annual Leave

Top Band Pay Scale

Support for Professional Development

Hybrid Working Arrangements

Qualifications

• A relevant social work qualification to support registration with Social Work England.
• Experience working with children and families, building strong relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support families to make positive changes and enable children to meet their potential.
• Write high-quality assessments and analyse information effectively.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Experience with Children and Families

Relationship Building

Analytical Skills

Commitment to Professional Development

Motivation and Resilience

Education

Relevant Social Work Qualification

Job description

Want to find out more about working in Rotherham? Here are some reasons why you'll love it...

Come and join the team here in Rotherham! Why?

We have a strong, visible, accessible leadership team and a heartfelt pledge to deliver outstanding services to children and their families.

We have an established ‘Rotherham family approach’ that assists us in how we work with families and also how we care and support our workforce.

We pride ourselves on our strong learning culture and use this positively to develop staff and improve practice.

We strongly believe in ‘growing our own’. Your development and career goals are important to us. We will support you to achieve your career ambitions. Whether this is supporting you to be a confident Social Worker, an advanced practitioner, a practice consultant, or to move through to management, we’ve got you and your career journey!

You will be joining an authority rated as Good by Ofsted in 2018, and again in 2022.

We have a generous annual leave allowance and always pay at the top band of the payscale.

We have manageable caseloads and support hybrid working arrangements.

ABOUT YOU

You will have:

• A relevant social work qualification to support registration with Social Work England.
• Experience of working with children and families and an ability to build strong relationships with children, their families, colleagues, and partners.
• An ability to support families to make positive changes and enable children to meet their potential.
• An ability to analyse information effectively and to write high-quality assessments.
• A commitment to your own continuing professional development.
• Motivation and resilience.

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities, please email them to one of our Service Managers: