Childrens Social Worker

Leicester City Council; Leicester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave

Training and development opportunities

Bus/train discounts

Job summary

Leicester City Council’s Looked After Child Service is seeking two experienced Social Workers (Level 2 or 3) to support care planning for children aged 0-18 across fostering, residential care and supported living. The role is part-time (22.5 hours) and focused on delivering positive outcomes while ensuring children’s voices are heard.

You will benefit from a supportive team, ongoing professional development, flexible working, generous annual leave and access to the Local Government Pension

Qualifications

• Post-qualifying experience as a Social Worker.
• Knowledge of child legislation, guidance standards and regulations relating to fostering, adoption and special fostering.
• Full driving licence and DBS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Achieve good outcomes for looked after children aged 0-18.
• Support robust care planning and pathway planning with statutory requirements.
• Support children and young people in fostering, residential care and supported living.
• Build strong relationships and ensure children's voices are heard.
• Contribute to reunification plans where appropriate.

Skills

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Decision making

Team collaboration

Education

CQSW / DIP SW / CSS

Job description

Part Time / 22.5 Hours Per Week / Permanent
You must be living and practicing Social Work in the UK to apply for this role.
Come and join us within our Looked After Child Service.
We are currently recruiting for two experienced Level 2 or Level 3 Social Worker to join our team.
This is a great time to be part of Leicester City's ever-improving service ensuring children are at the heart of our work and to practice great Social Work. To help deliver our vision we are looking for an experienced social worker to join one of our teams who is enthusiastic, passionate and has a strong track record of working with children, young people and their families to achieve positive outcomes. You'll play a key role in improving the life for families and children in Leicester.
As part of our commitment to ensuring you achieve your full professional capabilities, you'll benefit from furthering your skills and knowledge through appropriate courses. At Leicester City Council we are committed to supporting your continual professional development and do this in a variety of ways.
We offer agile and flexible working that supports a healthy work life balance. You'll have the ability to work outside normal office hours and visit locations across the city.

What you'll be doing

You will be working to achieve good outcomes for children in care aged 0-18 years old, supporting robust care planning and pathway planning and delivering on the statutory requirements for our looked after children. You will be supporting children and young people in foster care, residential care and supported living arrangements. We have a growing group of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people who we refer to as children or young people seeking safety. Building strong relationships and enabling their voices to be heard will be key. We have a strong drive to support reunification plans to parents' care where appropriate and enable care arrangements to move towards special guardianship care arrangements if this is the right plan for them. The social work you will do is diverse and rewarding making a difference to the lives of our looked after children and young people. You will have the advantages of working with an experienced and established team who will share their practice wisdom and experiences.

What You'll need

You'll have a post qualifying experience as a Social Worker. You'll have knowledge of relevant child legislation, guidance standards and regulations as they relate to fostering, adoption and special fostering arrangements. With confidence, you'll be able to confront challenges, balance risk and make appropriate decisions.

You must have recognised qualifications in Social Work e.g. CQSW, DIP SW or CSS, SWE registration.

You also need to hold a full driving license and will be assisted to complete a DBS check.

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease; make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.

This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Interviews to be confirmed for December 2026.