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Westmorland and Furness Council; Kendal; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Westmorland and Furness Council is recruiting a Newly Qualified Social Worker to join its area-based Children and Families Service in Kendal. The role focuses on supporting families within local communities and linking with partner agencies to ensure young people have a strong start in life.

The post offers placements in Support and Protect and Cared For Teams, handling assessments across Child in Need and Child Protection, with potential pre-proceedings or court involvement for escalation

Qualifications

• Newly qualified social worker within a Good-rated Children and Families Service.
• Clear career development opportunities within Support and Protect and Cared For Teams.

Responsibilities

• Support and Protect: complete assessments, work across Child in Need and Child Protection thresholds, and may engage in pre-proceedings or court work.
• Cared For: work with children and young people cared for by Westmorland & Furness Council.

Skills

Newly qualified social worker

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Newly Qualified Social Worker - WMF3137e

Come and start your social work career within an Ofsted‑rated ‘Good’ Children and Families Service, where staff wellbeing is a clear priority. We are proud to be finalists in the Supportive Social Work Employer category at the National Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025.

Our teams are area based, meaning you work within local communities so will be able to build links with families and partner agencies. It is really important to us that Westmorland and Furness is a great place to be a child and grow up; a place of opportunity where young people are able to live happy and productive lives and a place where young people will want to live and work in the future.

We firmly believe that all children in Westmorland and Furness deserve the best start in life, and we're looking for the right people to help make that happen.

We have current Newly Qualified Social Work opportunities within our Support and Protect teams and Cared For Teams.

Support and Protect: working with children and families on a short- longer term basis, completing assessments and working across the thresholds of Child in Need and Child Protection. Also, for some children where concerns escalate, working in the legal framework of pre-proceedings or within the court arena.

Cared For: working with children and young people would are cared for by Westmorland & Furness Council.