Salary: £39,152 – £46,142 (grade and salary subject to experience)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Cable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, Dudley
Closing Date: 30/06/2026
Job Introduction
We are looking for two experienced social workers to join our Children in Care Team in Dudley. These vacancies have become available due to positive career progression within the service and offer a rare opportunity for those driven to achieve the best outcomes for young people in care.
You will be a practitioner with a big heart, who role models relational and restorative practice with children at the core of everything you do, building positive relationships and connections with children, young people, and their families to help achieve outstanding outcomes. The Children in Care Team supports all children with permanency plans following proceedings, including adoption, long‑term fostering, residential care, connected family placements, progressing SGO, and reunification, and works closely with care‑experienced personal advisors to secure positive and ambitious transitional plans for young people until they reach 18.
Responsibilities
• Support children with permanency plans following legal proceedings.• Work collaboratively with care‑experienced personal advisors to secure positive transitional plans.• Build positive relationships and connections with children, young people, and their families.• Provide high‑quality professional supervision and support as part of a collaborative team.
Qualifications
• Social workers with 1 year post‑qualifying experience only.• Candidates who have not completed their ASYE programme will not be considered for this vacancy.
Benefits
- 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
Equal Opportunities
Dudley MBC is committed to diversity and inclusion and strives to improve bias in the recruitment process. All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK. Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the right to work in the UK.
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