Staffordshire County Council · Stafford, England · £40k–£46k
This is a live UK-based role at Staffordshire County Council, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 25 September 2026. Listed as open until 28 October 2026.
We have some exciting new opportunities for social workers available with us in the Assessment and Staying Together teams, with vacancies based in Uttoxeter and Burton, East Staffordshire. Life-changing work. Our Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county, and we remain passionate about investing in retaining our own and developing practice and this an exciting opportunity which offers just that. If you are looking for more responsibility, a supportive role with your colleagues whilst continuing to support and safeguard some of our most vulnerable/high risk children and young people, then this could be just for you. We are looking for qualified social workers with post qualifying experience of working with vulnerable children and knowledge of safeguarding and children in care. A career progression framework is in place to support you which includes: Practice Educator Programme. We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership. For more information on working in at Staffordshire and our social worker career pathway, please visit Children & Families - Careers at Staffordshire Hear more from Michael, on what its like to work here! Main Responsibilities You will: Work with families across the continuum of need from Child In Need through to the conclusion of Care Proceedings. Working within a District Model you will work closely with your colleagues in Early Help, Children in Care and Care Leavers and Children with Disabilities Team. In addition, to our colleagues in health and education. Be responsible for completing the statutory duties in co ordinating the child’s plan, reviewing and ensuring that our children are seen and heard. Undertake section 47 investigations Undertake placement of children into Local Authority care, when it is agreed they can no longer remain at home Be responsible for the completion of both Private and Public law reports Be responsible for referring into our centralised services for specialist support/ services. The Ideal Candidate Minimum Essential A qualified Social Worker Registered with Social Work England. Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle Ideally have completed their ASYE before starting this role But above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so. For an informal chat about the roles, please contact: Layla Pace, Team Manager at layla .pace@staffordshire.gov.uk Interviews will be held on week commencing 12th October 2026 Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role. For information, please note that there is currently an ongoing review within Children …
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