Consultant Social Worker Educator

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Consultant Social Worker/Educator role within Adult Social Care. This opportunity is available as a secondment or fixed-term position, designed to support the implementation of key service developments and practice improvements.

This role offers a unique chance to contribute to the growth and development of our workforce through the Social Work Learning Academy. You will play a pivotal role in shaping learning and development across the service, while also enhancing your own professional practice and leadership skills.

Working across multidisciplinary teams, you will help embed best practice and support our commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. Our work is grounded in statutory responsibilities and driven by a shared ambition to empower individuals to live their best lives.

This is a 2 year fixed term opportunity.

As a Consultant Social Worker educator, you will

• work closely with the teams and support practice and development across the service.
• ensure that people have access to the right training and development.
• support those people completing their apprenticeships and help those interested in working towards this.
• assist in creating and developing the Adult Social work and Safeguarding education and development programmes as well as being part of implementing strategies to recruit, retain and develop the qualified social care workforce including growing talent from within Staffordshire County Council.

You will:

• be a qualified social worker, and have significant experience in the field and experience of developing and delivering training.
• possess or have a willingness to undertake Practice Educator, Best interest assessor or AMHP qualification.
• be motivated by the purpose of your role – to help and support others.
• be a real team player you’ll be able to flex to the needs of the team and as a senior social worker you’ll help mentor and coach other colleagues.
• have a proven track record of a person centred and asset focused outlook and you’ll have high professional standards.

In return for your skills, enthusiasm, and commitment we will support you to take your career to the next level within an exciting, progressive, imaginative, and diverse service.

If you require any further information about this role, please contact Ruth Martin Ruth.martin@staffordshire.gov.uk or Sara Bell. Sara.bell1@staffordshire.gov.uk

Interviews are arranged for 27 and 29 August 2025.

If a high volume of applications are received before the closing date, we will close the advert.

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.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.