Vacancy Details

Description

Directorate:  Children and Family Services

Section:  Children Social Care

Grade:  Level 14

Duration:  Temporary for 6 months to cover maternity leave

Hours:  37 hours per week

Closing Date:  30 June 2022

We are looking for a skilled, enthusiastic practitioner with significant experience as a qualified social worker to lead a busy and committed safeguarding team in our South East Locality. Stoke on Trent are committed to providing vulnerable children with the best service so they can receive timely help and protection. Restorative practice is our chosen practice model and we are committed to supporting children and their families using a strengths based approach. If you think you can support a small team of social workers to undertake creative, relational direct work with children and their family, forge strong and productive multi-agency relationships and be part of the team that is working on a well set out improvement journey please make your application.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority.  If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

To Apply

Please create / log into your account and then click 'apply'.  If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.