Social Worker Children in Care Permanence Team

Warwickshire County Council; Bedworth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full reimbursement of Social Work Eng.

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Extra day at Christmas

Refer a Friend package

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a Social Worker to join the Children In Care Permanence Team. The role covers a countywide service with travel to where children are placed, including beyond Warwickshire.

It is a full-time position, with a maternity cover on a 12-month fixed term contract. The role focuses on supporting children to maximise life chances, ensuring safety, education, and preparation for adulthood, and requires advocacy to ensure children's voices are heard.

Qualifications

• Professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration required (as stated).
• Countywide role with travel within Warwickshire and beyond to children and young people placed further afield.
• Role requires working within office hours with some evening work as needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all children and young people are well supported to maximise their life chances and feel prepared for adulthood.
• Advocate to ensure our children's voices are heard in meetings and in writing.
• Build positive relationships with the young people and their families.
• Bring children to life in representations, both verbally and in writing, during meetings.
• Be organised, performance driven, and knowledgeable about relevant legislation and processes.

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Job description

About the Team:

This role will be based within Warwickshire’s Children in Care Permanence Team who are predominantly based in Bedworth but offer a Countywide service to all Children in Care who have a plan of permanency across Warwickshire and those who may be placed further away from home. If you join us you will see that we are a busy but highly rewarding team to work for, it is our passion to capture the voice of young people in all that we do and ensure that they are central to all care and pathway planning decisions relating to them and their future.

We offer a service to Children in Care of all ages (up to 18yrs) who have a plan of permanence in various settings including foster care, residential provision, supported accommodation, supported lodgings, and those placed with connected family members.

We also work very closely with families, and as children get older and family circumstances change, we support children and young people to return to their families where safe to do so.

Our focus is on ensuring all children and young people are well supported to maximise their life chances; where they can thrive in our care, are safe from any harm or abuse, have access to the best education and training, and feel prepared for adulthood. We work hard to ensure that our children's voices are heard and that our team have opportunities to build positive relationships with the young people that we support.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.

Our Offer to you includes:

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply

About the Role:

We are recruiting for the role of Social Worker in our Children In Care Permanence Team covering a Countywide service across Warwickshire and those who may be placed further away from home. We are seeking a full-time worker on a permanent basis and someone to cover a maternity post on a 12 month fixed term contract.

• We are seeking a Social Worker who has a passion to work with children and young people.
• Your focus will be on ensuring all children and young people are well supported to maximise their life chances; where they can thrive in our care, are safe from any harm or abuse, have access to the best education and training, and feel prepared for adulthood.
• We are seeking someone who will advocate to ensure our children's voices are heard.
• We are seeking someone who is passionate about building positive relationships with the young people that we support.
• We are seeking someone who is organised, performance driven, confident in their knowledge of legislation and processes, and someone who is able to bring their children to life when representing them both verbally in meetings and in writing.

Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure

Key Requirements:

This role is Countywide so there will be some travelling within Warwickshire and also beyond Warwickshire to children and young people placed further afield.

This role will be primarily undertaken within office hours however agile working will be required, with some evening work depending on the needs of families.

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.

If you are looking for a role and embrace a challenge and have experience of and a passion for working with children and young people in care, we look forward to hearing from you.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specifications below:

• Year 1 Newly Qualified Social Worker - Grade J
• Year 2 Social Worker - Grade K
• Year 3 Senior Social Worker - Grade L
• Year 4 Advanced Social Worker - GradeN

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information:

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

To discuss the role please contact Rebecca Taylor, [e-mail]

Closing Date: 3rd December 2026
Interview Date: 11th December 2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more