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We have 4 Children’s Disability teams across the county, and they provide specialist services for children and young people with complex disabilities.These are small teams of highly dedicated Social Workers that support children and families to reach the best outcomes in a timely manner, enabling them to live their lives to the full. We also are supported by a team of skilled Family Practitioners who assist in facilitating behaviour management work and undertaking direct work.Our Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our County. They take pride in supporting children and families and we’re equally proud to help them give their best in whatever ways we can. That’s why you can expect everything from agile and flexible working options to exceptional learning and development if you join our team. You can also expect our commitment to creating the best service we can.Working with us means collaborating across our different teams, and sharing best practice, knowledge, and experience to continually improve the way we do things. Support is important, as we work in a big county with some diverse challenges – but together we can meet all kinds of needs and demands.Main Responsibilities You will be:<ul>
<li>based within a small team of between seven and eight&nbsp;social workers.</li>
<li>holding and managing a workload of children and young people and prioritising all work</li>
<li>undertaking&nbsp;direct work with children and their families and their carers which provides high support and high challenge and aims to support families to find solutions to their own challenges.</li>
<li>providing high quality and timely assessments and reports in the agreed format for Court’s, Child Protection Case Conferences, Statutory Reviews and any other forum</li>
<li>maintaining client records&nbsp;</li>
</ul>The Ideal Candidate You will:<ul>
<li>be a Qualified Social Worker with post qualification experience working directly with children and families and be committed to supporting children to remain with their families.</li>
<li>be registered with Social Work England.</li>
<li>have excellent communication skills and &nbsp;the ability to build relationships with children, families and other professionals.</li>
<li>be a team player.</li>
<li>have the ability to engage and communicate with disabled children and be committed to ensuring the children on your case load receive the best quality service.</li>
</ul>But above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.For more information about these vacancies, please contact Natasha Davies, Team Manager, on <a href="mailto:natasha.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank">natasha.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>, or 01785 895787Interviews are expected to take place on 4th December.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.About Staffordshire County Council 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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/" target="_blank">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>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 communitiesAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold&nbsp;Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your&nbsp;application meets the minimum criteria for the post.&nbsp;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.

Social Worker

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Are you passionate about making a difference to children lives who are placed in local authority foster care?&nbsp;You’ll play a critical role in supporting children in understanding their birth identity and supervising their time with birth parents. &nbsp;Children and their families are the centre of everything we do, and we’re looking for people to join us who have the skills to encourage and help maintain positive relationships between children and parents. We work with very vulnerable children and so we must ensure we maintain professional relationships whilst managing complex family needs and behaviours.You'll play a vital role in supporting families for them to spend quality time together. Our aim during family time is to promote a positive and meaningful time for children with their family. This could include offering support, guidance, and parenting advice or modelling positive interaction and behaviours. &nbsp;Our family time workers are required to transport the children around the county and further afield.&nbsp;Main Responsibilities You will:<ul>
<li>facilitate therapeutic family time between children and their parents or other family members.</li>
<li>coordinate arrangements for family time for children and their parents or other family members as directed by court.</li>
<li>transport children and young people to attend family time.</li>
<li>provide parenting support and guidance during family time.</li>
<li>support the completion of accurate documentation, reports, and records in relation to children, young people, and families.</li>
<li>be available outside of traditional working patterns including evenings and weekends to provide support to children, families, and carers when it is needed.</li>
</ul>The Ideal Candidate As well as a passion for helping and supporting children and their families, you’ll need to have:<ul>
<li>A minimum NVQ 3 in working with children and families or equivalent experience of working with children and families.</li>
<li>Experience of direct work with children, their families, and carers in a statutory or voluntary agency which provides services to vulnerable children and their families.</li>
<li>Experience in the use of IT including Microsoft packages</li>
<li>An understanding of child development and the effect of stress and trauma on child development.</li>
<li>An understanding of the key pieces of policies, guidance, and legislation which govern children’s social care.</li>
<li>Have unrestricted use of a car and a driving licence.</li>
<li>Be flexible to work evenings and occasional weekends as needed.</li>
<li>The ability to effectively communicate with children, their families, and carers.</li>
<li>The ability to build relationships and deliver interventions to children, families, and carers.</li>
<li>The ability to work effectively in conflict situations.</li>
</ul>“We’re happy to talk flexible working” - Our Family Time Workers are crucial when it comes to supporting vulnerable children and families in our community and with flexible working you can fit work around your own commitmentsThis role is currently subject to a review of weekend working arrangements, including any paid enhancements.Need more information?If you’re unsure whether your skills and experience meet the needs for the role, please get in touch with us, we’d love to chat to you! You can reach me, Jennifer Elliot - Family Time lead at: <a href="mailto:jennifer.elliott@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank">jennifer.elliott@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>Proposed shortlisting date w/c, 10th November. Interviews to follow.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.About Staffordshire County Council 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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/" target="_blank">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>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 communitiesAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold&nbsp;Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your&nbsp;application meets the minimum criteria for the post.&nbsp;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.

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Caseworker

Grade F: £30,024 - £33,699 per annum

Post Number: CH318

Permanent - 37 Hours per week
Benefits to you:
<ul>
<li>Flexitime Scheme</li>
<li>Essential Car User Allowance</li>
<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>
<li>23 days holiday and 26 days holiday after 5 years’ continuous service</li>
<li>Discounted Council Leisure Centre Membership</li>
<li>Cycle Scheme</li>
<li>Free Car Parking</li>
</ul>
We have an exciting opportunity within our high performing Disabled Facilities Grants Service for a&nbsp;Caseworkerto join the team based in&nbsp;Cannock.
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Caseworker who has experience of working within a relevant area such as Housing, a Home Improvement Agency, Social Care or Benefits advice and understands the different types of adaptations undertaken via Disabled Facilities Grant funding. You will be required to visit residents in their homes to support them to gather and compile the necessary documents and undertake financial assessments, to progress applications for funded home adaptations.
A helping service

Our service enables disabled and older residents to live safely and independently in their own homes, to maximise their potential, improve dignity and reduce stress in daily tasks. We provide advice, assistance, and support to residents who need adaptations and empower them to participate in the home adaptation design process.
We aspire to provide a home improvement agency style service, where each customer has a single point of contact throughout their journey. We begin with the assumption that each individual is best placed to judge their own wellbeing. We take account of residents’ views, wishes and feelings to understand the needs experienced and identified by them, along with their family and carer/s, whilst working to national supporting policies and the latest professional guidelines.
Essential requirements for this role include:
<ul>
<li>Experience of delivering Disabled Facilities Grants or other grant programme(s) and managing a caseload</li>
<li>A good understanding of the requirements of disabled people in relation to access to and around the home</li>
<li>The ability to communicate effectively and sensitively</li>
<li>Good IT skills</li>
<li>The ability to prioritise and work under pressure</li>
</ul>
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<li>Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle</li>
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In return, we can offer you working arrangements that will enhance your work-life balance, including home working (dependent on service need). A wide range of training and developmental opportunities is also offered. 
This post will be subject to a Basic DBS disclosure.
To apply for this vacancy online please go to <a href="https://cannock.engageats.co.uk/V2/Login" target="_blank">https://cannock.engageats.co.uk/V2/Login</a>
Alternatively, please telephone 01543 462621 or write to HR Services, Cannock Chase Council, Civic Centre, Beecroft Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1BG or e-mail <a href="mailto:vacancies@cannockchasedc.gov.uk" target="_blank">vacancies@cannockchasedc.gov.uk</a> quoting post number CH318.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday 14th November 2025.

Interviews will be held during week commencing 1st December 2025.

THE COUNCIL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

Caseworker

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Our Family Practitioners play a key role in&nbsp;working with children and families to support children to remain within their&nbsp;families. Providing crisis&nbsp;intervention and working&nbsp;collaboratively with social workers to support children in need, children on child protection plans and children in care.You'll be expected to undertake flexible, creative and imaginative approaches to offering support to children, young people their families and carers whilst underpinning our restorative approach.This may include being available outside of traditional working patterns including evening and weekends to provide support to children, families and carers when it is needed.Main Responsibilities As a member of the district team, you will:<ul>
<li>Be a key worker for children and families leading on early help assessments and plans and work collaboratively with social workers to support children in need, children on child protection plans and children in care.</li>
<li>Work&nbsp;with children and families including contributing to parenting assessments, support mediation, crisis prevention, conflict resolution and Life Story Work.</li>
<li>Carry out work outlined within assessment and planning on specific topics with children, families and carers (including but not limited to) staying safe, loss and grief, behaviour management, attachment and criminal exploitation.</li>
</ul>The Ideal Candidate You will:<ul>
<li>hold a Minimum standard of NVQ3 in respect of working with children and their families or equivalent plus an understanding of child development and the knowledge of mental health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, poverty and other vulnerabilities and how these impact on families</li>
<li>have the ability to communicate effectively with children, their families and carers.</li>
<li>have the ability to build relationships and deliver interventions to children, families and carers as well as being able to work effectively in conflict situations</li>
<li>have the ability to use IT systems and to write a good standard of records</li>
<li>have the commitment and ability demonstrate restorative approaches to working with children and families.</li>
</ul>“We’re happy to talk flexible working”&nbsp;This role is currently subject to a review of weekend working arrangements, including any paid enhancements.For more information about this role please contact, Rehana Sadiq, Family Practitioner Lead, on<a href="mailto:marie.brockley@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:kayleigh.wilson5@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank">&nbsp;</a><a href="mailto:rehana.sadiq@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank">rehana.sadiq@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>&nbsp;Interviews will be held week commencing 10th of November 2025.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.About Staffordshire County Council 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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.careersatstaffordshire.co.uk/our-rewards-and-benefits/" target="_blank">Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire</a>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 communitiesAs part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold&nbsp;Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your&nbsp;application meets the minimum criteria for the post.&nbsp;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.

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