Social Worker - Looked After Children

Middlesbrough Council; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Middlesbrough Council seeks a passionate Social Worker to join the Looked After Children Team. You will support children in care, ensuring their development and safety, while benefiting from a culture of high expectations and extensive support. Offering competitive salary with additional bonuses and professional development opportunities, this role is pivotal in transforming lives within the community.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Free parking

Extensive training opportunities

Managed AYSE programme

Health & wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience working with children is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support children in care to achieve stability and permanence.
• Ensure children have opportunities to develop into happy and healthy individuals.
• Manage a caseload with supervision and support from managers.

Skills

Integrity

Passion for child welfare

Strong focus on keeping children safe

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Education

Registered with Social Work England

Job description

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Client:

Middlesbrough Council

Location:

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

Service Area: Children's Care

Directorate: Children's Services

Hours: 37 hours per week

The Children Looked after Team have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time Social Worker to support children to achieve stability and permanence.

Social Workers within the Looked after Service are responsible for working with children in our care to ensure that they have every opportunity to develop in to happy and healthy young people.

Newly appointed, experienced Social Workers will now receive £5,000 as a welcome offer to show gratitude for choosing Middlesbrough. Experienced Social Worker may also receive a Recruitment and Retention payment of 15% of your annual salary paid in a lump sum.

Middlesbrough is a fantastic place, proud of its heritage and ambitious enough to shape an entirely different future. We have set out our city-scale plans to deliver over GBP 600 million of investment that will promote economic growth and strengthen both our regional and national reputation as a destination of choice.

We take our responsibility as a Corporate Parent incredibly seriously and work hard with our partners to ensure that our children have good outcomes.Our ambition for our children and young people is equally high with a workplace culture that has high expectations, high challenge and high support.

Following a challenging inspection, we are pleased to be working with our children, young people and their families, our employees and partner agencies to transform our social work practices and make a difference to the lives of the families and young people of Middlesbrough.

Why work for Middlesbrough?

Middlesbrough place a high level of importance on the development of our staff and the Centre for Practice Development ensure that all staff have access to high quality training, support and resources.

Middlesbrough Children’s Services is proud of having a strong and stable leadership team as this is key to driving improvements and innovative practice.

You will join our fast paced, dynamic team of social workers, bringing the right skills, knowledge and values to Middlesbrough. If you want to be part of the transformation making a real difference to people’s lives you will be passionate about working with children, operate with integrity and have a strong focus to keep children safe in Middlesbrough.

Alongside the vast range of benefits Social Workers in Middlesbrough will also have a managed caseload with strong support and regular supervision from Managers.

We offer extensive training opportunities including a managed AYSE programme where you will benefit from a dedicated AYSE manager and excellent support to our Social Workers through progression of career grades and job advancement.

Based in the centre of Middlesbrough, you can benefit from free parking, flexible working including work from home with varying patterns including working 9 in 10 days or 4 in 5 giving greater work life balance to our practitioners.

Middlesbrough are also dedicated to employees Health & Wellbeing and have been awarded maintaining excellence in the Better Health at Work.

You will be registered with Social Work England and prepared to work in various locations in Middlesbrough.

The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

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