Social Worker - Children in Care Team

Brierley Hill Source: WhatJobs

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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council,

We are looking for two experienced social workers to come and join our Children in Care Team here in Dudley. These vacancies have become available due to positive career progression within the service and are a rare opportunity! If you are looking for the challenge of being a corporate parent to young people in care and are driven to achieve the best outcomes then this is the job for you. You will be a practitioner with a big heart, who role models’ relational and restorative practice with children at the heart of everything you do to help achieve amazing outcomes for all our children and young people in care through building positive relationships and connections with our children, young people and their families..The Children in Care Team in Dudley is a stable service, who support all children with permanency plans following proceedings, inclusive of adoption, long term fostering, residential care, connected family placements, progressing SGO and reunification. We work closely with our care experienced personal advisors jointly to secure positive and ambitious transitional plans for our young people reaching 18.

Hours: 37 per week

Salary:- Grade 9 or 10 - grade and salary subject to experience

Working for Dudley you will receive:

Manageable case loads
A comprehensive learning and development package
High quality professional supervision
Supportive and collaborative team working
Excellent progression opportunities
A significantly streamlined IT system allowing more time away from admin and more time to work with children and their families

We require social workers with 1yrs post qualifying only

Candidates who have not completed their ASYE programme will not be considered for this vacancy.

For more information regarding Children in Care please contact Amy Baker on or email

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Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications