Out of Hours Social Worker

Stockport Council; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockport Council seeks an experienced Out of Hours Social Worker to join their dedicated team, ensuring safety and well-being for vulnerable individuals outside normal hours. This hybrid role requires a minimum of 3 years of statutory social work experience, offering a competitive salary with various enhancements, including an essential car user allowance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a statutory children’s social work team.
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Passionate practitioner committed to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct statutory social work functions including Section 47 investigations.
• Provide a timely response to urgent notifications regarding vulnerable individuals.
• Perform welfare visits and checks.

Skills

Statutory social work

Decision making

Safeguarding

Intervention strategies

Education

Social Work England registration

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Out of Hours Social Worker
SO2 (£37,930-£42,499 inclusive of 5% market supplement plus 20% Out of Hours enhancement (plus essential car user allowance of up to £963 per annum and reimbursement of Social Work England fees)
37 hours, Full Time (worked over 7 days/4 week rota)
Permanent
Hybrid: Fred Perry House and homeworking for night shifts

Application Deadline: 24 June 2025, 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 25 June 2025
Interview Date: 1 & 2 July 2025
Interview Type: Face to face

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Current rota (subject to change) as follows

Week 1 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 4.30pm-12.30am, Sunday 8.30pm-8.30am
Week 2 Monday 8.30pm-8.30am, Saturday and Sunday 8.30am-8.30pm
Week 3 Monday 4.30pm-12.30am, Friday and Saturday 8.30pm-8.30am
Week 4 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8.30pm-8.30am, Sunday 4.30pm-12.30am

Your Role

Stockport Family is looking for an experienced Social Worker to join our Out of Hours (OOH) Team part time, working a shift pattern outside of normal hours.

The OOH service provides an effective and timely response to urgent notifications that occur outside usual business hours that identify a child or adult is vulnerable and at risk of harm. You will join a well-established, highly experienced team of Social Workers to perform this statutory social care function who benefit from Team Manager Support as well as On Call Service Lead support.

Activity includes statutory social work functions such as Section 47 investigations, decision making, safeguarding adult investigations, placement of children (including pace beds) and adults in residential care, completion of welfare visits and checks.

You will be provided with a solo protect device, which offers you personal security whilst lone working and allows you to discretely contact for immediate help 24/7.

About You

You will be a passionate social work practitioner, proud of your profession and able to reflect and think creatively about how you respond at pace to urgent social work intervention to ensure children, families and adults are safe and achieve the best outcomes. You will be confident using professional judgement to employ a range of interventions ensuring safety whilst balancing rights and risks.

You must have current Social Work England registration and you will be committed to your professional development, take up the vast amount of learning opportunities on offer and be excited about becoming part of Stockport Family. You must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a statutory children’s social work team.

In Stockport Family we value diversity and the unique perspectives that each of us bring and are committed to our workforce being representative of the diverse communities that we serve.

About Us

Stockport Family has recently received it’s Ofsted inspection (2022) and has been found to be ‘Good’ in all areas. Ofsted said about Stockport:

“Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council continues to provide good services for children in need of help and protection and children in care and care leavers. The strong quality of practice and services for families has been maintained, despite the high levels of COVID-19 and an increase in demand across the service. There continues to be a strong early help offer and an increased focus on prevention, early intervention and mental health support for the most vulnerable children and families during the pandemic. Children in care and care leavers receive very effective support that meets their needs.”

Ofsted found a high standard of practice, a culture of learning, a commitment to innovation and strong multi-agency relationships within our well-established integrated model of Stockport Family.

What do social workers say about working in Stockport?

“Working in Stockport makes you love social work again. From the moment I started in Stockport, I fell in love with my job again. This is real social work. If you miss direct work with children, life story work, systemic genograms, family network meetings, reflective practice, relationships, this is the place for you. The term ‘restorative practice’ genuinely means something here and everyone from front line workers to senior management care about keeping families together and management care about their staff”.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

Click here to find out more about the Employee Benefits you will receive when you join our team!

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Jessica Britton via email [e-mail] for an informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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