Senior Social Worker - Early Adulthood Team
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Stockport, SK1 3XE |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75755691 |
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Senior Social Worker Early Adulthood Team
MB4 (£45,091 - £51,356) This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum.
37 hours, Full-Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking (expected to be office based for duty manager and team meetings approx. 2 days per week, and 1 day where you would be expected to undertake visits across the borough)
Application Deadline: 23rd November 2025 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 26th November 2025
Interview Date: 2nd December 2025
Interview Type: Face to Face
Your Role
The Adult social care Early Adulthood Team is looking to recruit a Senior Social Worker who has experience of working with young adults in line with the Care Act to promote independence and prepare them for adulthood within a busy specialist social work team.
The post holder will provide leadership at an appropriate level to establish and maintain a strength-based culture of teamwork, achievement, accountability, and outcome focused. This includes providing supervision and support to the staff team as well as contributing to the ever-developing service.
About You
We are looking for somebody who:
- Is a team player, who has experience and drive in developing and supporting, newly qualified and experienced social workers to achieve the best they can.
- Has good time management and organisation skills.
- Has ambition and creativity, we are a developing service, and we are looking for individuals who can be creative and good at problem solving.
- Has the ability to understand budgets and the impacts.
- Has the experience of working with young adults and their families with complex support needs and is committed to preparing them for adulthood.
About Us
The Early Adulthood team is a specialist team within Adult social care which works across the borough to support young people 14-25 years and their families with a focus on preparing them for adulthood. This involves close liaison with Children’s social care teams, including Children with disabilities, safeguarding and leaving care teams. We work within the legal frameworks of the Care Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Mental Capacity Act, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) legislation to undertake holistic assessments to identify and support young people into adulthood. We work collaboratively with a range of professionals in education, health, housing and provider services and are committed to the councils vision of one heart, one mind, one Stockport and work to an ethos of promoting the glorious ordinary lives of all our residents.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Jo-anne Robinson on 0161 474 3868 or by email on jo-anne.robinson@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application. Please also email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
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