Experienced Social Worker - Children Looked After Team

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Solihull's innovative Children's Social Care team as an Experienced Social Worker. This role focuses on delivering high-quality social work support to vulnerable children and families, ensuring their welfare and life changes. Benefit from competitive salaries, manageable workloads, and a culture of continuous learning in modern facilities. Apply now to make a transformative difference in children's lives.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Guaranteed supervision

Local government pension

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Relocation package up to £6,500

Qualifications

• Significant post qualifying experience.
• Current registration with Social Work England.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality social work services to children and families.
• Ensure children do not remain in looked after care longer than necessary.
• Collaborate with knowledgeable social work teams.

Skills

Solution-focused approach

Knowledge of childcare legislation

Commitment to quality service

Education

Professional Social Worker qualification

Job description

Experienced Social Worker

Team: Children Looked After

Salary up to £46,731 per year

Hours: Permanent full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible working

Join Solihull's innovative Children's Social Care team and make a transformative difference in children's lives, with competitive salaries up to £46,731 and supportive, flexible working environments.

We are looking for experienced social workers who are passionate about providing a high-quality social work service to vulnerable children, young people and their families that positively promotes their welfare and life changes.

About the Role

We currently have vacancies across the service, including our Children Looked After Team, based in our modern offices at Chelmunds Place, Chelmsley Wood, Solihull.

As an experienced social worker in children in Care, you will work with children and young people to ensure they do not remain in looked after care for longer than is necessary.

Our teams hold many long standing, incredibly knowledgeable and experienced social workers who are keen to share their expertise with others within our culture of continual shared learning and development.

For more information about all our social work teams, please click here.

Our Offer to You

• Competitive Salaries -Earn one of highest salaries (within the top three) in the region - up to £46,731 per annum (as confirmed by an independent pay analysis of 13 local authorities across the West Midlands).
• Manageable workloads – allowing you the time to give dedicated support where it is needed.
• Guaranteed supervision every five weeks, to ensure you feel supported and are on the right track.
• Local government pension - 6.8% (subject to annual review/change) section contribution.
• Generous annual leave -25 days rising to 30 days after five years service and the opportunity to buy up to 10 days additional leave per year.
• Flexible working– including hybrid working.
• Professional development - High quality year-round training and coaching and in house academic programs (Practice Education Award) via our Children's Social Care Academy (in partnership with Bournemouth University)
• Clear career pathways through to Senior Social Worker, specialist roles and leadership and management.
• Employee Assistance Programme– 24/7 access to independent, free and confidential support and advice
• Relocation Package– up to £6,500 towards the cost of moving house (terms and conditions apply).

About You

Successful applicants will be committed to delivering a high-quality, transparent service and ensuring the wellbeing of children, young people and their families in Solihull.You will also have:

• A professional Social Worker qualification and current Social Work England registration
• Significant post qualifying experience
• A solution-focussed approach
• A sound knowledge of current national and regional social work policies/practices and relevant childcare legislation
• A driving licence and own your own vehicle (this is an essential car user post due to the demands of the job). For disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments will be made where required.

About Us

We place children and young people at the heart of all we do to enable them to achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives.

We are ambitious in building a stronger Solihull for our children, families and workforce in Solihull. Connecting Families is Solihull Children’s Services’ practice framework.

At its core, Connecting Families demonstrates the beliefs, values and principles of restorative practice and gives us a consistent relationship-based way of practicing to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.

We believe that families and their connected networks are of primary importance in improving outcomes for children.Children and their family networks are experts in their own lives; they have strengths which they should be empowered to build and draw on through effective family decision making.

For more information about the many benefits of working for Solihull, our Teams or to see our other vacancies, please clickhere.

Contact Us

To apply, please click the link.

Or if you have a specific question regarding these opportunities, please contact:

Jamie Owen, Children Looked After Operations Manager, on [e-mail]

Closing Date: 30 June 2025

Whilst these opportunities are advertised as full time, we would welcome applications for working on a part time or job share basis.

Further information

This post will require a DBS check.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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