Social Worker

Children's Social Work Matters; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Social Work Matters in North Yorkshire is recruiting social workers to cover FAST and Children in Care, delivering early help and safeguarding across families and young people.

You will work with families on both short‑term assessments and longer‑term Child and Family Plans, collaborating with partners and accessing extensive training and learning opportunities. This permanent role offers flexible hours and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Covering services including Family Assessment and Support Team (FAST) and Children in Care.
• Roles involve short-term assessments and long-term Child and Family Plans and Child Protection Plans.
• Extensive training and learning offer to support Social Workers.

Responsibilities

• Work with families and young people to assess needs and plan services.
• Deliver family-based interventions and safeguarding in line with plans.
• Collaborate with agencies and maintain strong links across North Yorkshire.

Job description

Hours: Full/Part time hours considered

More capacity. More prevention. Better outcomes.

Be part of a service investing in family help and sustainable practice.Across local government, children’s services are facing unprecedented demand and funding constraint. Many organisations are responding by reducing capacity and narrowing ambition. We have chosen a different path. In response to the Families First Partnership Programme reforms, we in NYC are seeking to expand out teams in order to drive the changes of supporting children and their families at the earliest opportunity, right time, right person.

Job Description

Grade: JK

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full/Part time hours considered

Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire

More capacity. More prevention. Better outcomes.

Be part of a service investing in family help and sustainable practice.

Across local government, children’s services are facing unprecedented demand and funding constraint. Many organisations are responding by reducing capacity and narrowing ambition. We have chosen a different path. In response to the Families First Partnership Programme reforms, we in NYC are seeking to expand out teams in order to drive the changes of supporting children and their families at the earliest opportunity, right time, right person.

About

Hear more from El Mayhew Corporate Director Children and Young People service outline our investment plans, about our children services and new career opportunities visit: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/cswl-jobs

About The Role

Covering services including, Family Assessment and Support Team (FAST), and Children in Care, it’s the perfect time to join us and help deliver our shared goals.

We have high aspirations for our children and young people and always strive to work collaboratively with families and young people, working strongly with the belief that each child and young person has a network around them, which is essential to work alongside and tap into. We have an extensive training and learning offer to support our Social Workers in their work with children and families. The roles are very varied working with families on a short‑term basis whilst completing assessments and on a longer‑term basis working Child and Family Plans and Child Protection Plans and in some cases we complete pre proceedings work and issue care proceedings. We work with all young people from birth up to the age of 18 having strong links with other agencies externally and teams in North Yorkshire.

Why Join Us

We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice, offering a range of training and development opportunities and career progression allowing you to manage your own development journey and empowering you to control your career. Your career can change with your life here in North Yorkshire.

So, if you’re a student about to qualify or just looking for a new challenge, we’d like to hear from you. It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of these roles.

For full details of the role and to help with your application please see Job description

To find out more about what we offer please see Total rewards

For further information about the positions please contract Sam Clayton at [e-mail]

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Key Dates

Closing date: 25th October 2026

Note: Shortlisting will be conducted weekly – do not delay applying if you are interested.

Interview date: ongoing

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to these posts.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.