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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.This role will be based at Tamworth.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 XXXXXXOur 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.

Advanced Children's Social Worker

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Do you have a passion for reading, literacy, information and customer service? Are you looking for a unique and inspiring role?&nbsp;We see our library roles as a vocation, you’ll be part of a community of partners, providing a much-needed service to our library users.&nbsp;The library is crucial in supporting the wellbeing of those in prison and it helps to promote positive behaviours in those library users. So, the work you’ll do will have a real impact on people’s lives and the community.HMP Stafford is a category C adult male sex offender prison, The Library has a team of 3 Library assistants led by the Library Supervisor and is a well-used and valued resource within the Prison and is currently open daily Tuesday to Saturday.&nbsp;Prison Library staff offer both outreach / wing based and main library, service provision, supporting all prisoners with access to books, information and resources.This 14 hour part-time pro rata post usually operates on a Thursday afternoon and evening, Friday mornings and one in three Saturdays morning and afternoon. Shift patterns can be subject to change, including if the Prison regime changes in the future.&nbsp;Please consider the location and travel / distance and the demands of the role and environment before applying.Main Responsibilities We aim to play a part in reducing reoffending and enabling prisoners in improving their prospects and situation whilst in custody and for a future on release in the community, linking with public libraries.You will:<ul><li>provide and develop an essential service, encouraging and promoting creativity, literacy and reading for pleasure and learning.</li><li>Actively engage with customers, to support them in using their library space, service and resources for their personal and professional development and benefit both short and long term.</li></ul>The Ideal Candidate You’ll be -<ul><li>a positive and proactive person, with great face-to-face customer service skills and work experience, and a love of reading.</li><li>confident and calm, with integrity, and a strong work ethic.&nbsp;</li><li>able to work efficiently individually alone, and as a part of a team; both the onsite Library and Prison team and in SCC Library Service.&nbsp;</li><li>resilient, adapting well and positively to change, a strategic and imaginative thinker.</li><li>eager to help, support and engage with customers and colleagues and keen to learn and develop.</li></ul>The role may require some cover of colleagues at other times outside the set core-shifts of this post, so would suit someone with the availability and flexibility to accommodate. It would be beneficial if you are happy and able to travel and hold a current valid uk drivers license.If you have a specific question about this role that is not covered in the job ad or documents, you may contact Sarah Cripps - <a href="mailto:sarah.cripps@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank">sarah.cripps@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>We will be holding in-person interviews in the Prison on one set date, to be confirmed to those invited. We plan for Interviews to take place in the week commencing 2nd or 9th February 2026.This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service &nbsp;which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. Vetting and checks including employment reference checks, will be undertake by the Prison / HMPPS and Staffordshire County Council.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.

Prison Library Service Assistant

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The Staffordshire Health, Safety and Wellbeing Service is a dynamic team of professionals specialising in health and safety, fire safety, and occupational health. We provide responsive, supportive advice, guidance, and training to council services, schools, and academies as part of our traded offer. Our team is innovative, creative, and motivated, continually striving to develop health and safety standards across our organisation.We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated person to join our service. You will play a key role in driving the health and safety culture forward within a varied work environment, offering both responsibility and the opportunity to make a real impact across a broad range of services.You will advise, monitor, and provide practical support to council services. This role will include advising on the risk management arrangements around social care including residential, community care and commissioned provider activities, alongside other general health and safety support to traded customers and partners.This role is based out of Staffordshire Place but will work across the county at customer locations to suit business needs. &nbsp;It is a full time role working Monday to Friday. As part of the role you will act as Forward Control Officer in emergency situations and may on occasion be called out of hours to assist with such duties.Main Responsibilities The main responsibilities of this role include:<ul><li>Provide professional health, safety, and wellbeing advice and guidance to County Council Service Managers partnership organisations and customers.</li><li>Carry out health, safety, and wellbeing audits and produce detailed reports.</li><li>Promote risk assessment principles and active accident prevention.</li><li>Advise on risk management arrangements for our Health and Care teams and services.</li><li>Contribute to continuously improving standards in line with legislative changes and best practice.</li><li>Assist and support managers with the development and monitoring of health and safety in their teams.</li><li>Deliver and assist in the development of training across all aspects of health and safety.</li><li>Act as the key advisor to nominated areas of responsibility (service, business unit,).</li><li>Lead or participate in allocated project work.<ul><li>Act as the duty officer for the service on a rota basis, providing first point of contact advice to all customers and reviewing incident&nbsp; reports submitted.</li></ul></li></ul>&nbsp;The Ideal Candidate We are looking for you to meet the following requirements:&nbsp;<ul><li>Hold a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification.</li><li>Have corporate membership of IOSH.</li><li>Have comprehensive experience in a health and safety role.</li><li>Have experience of working in social care, health settings or similar relevant experience.</li><li>Have experience in audits, inspections, accident investigations, and implementing health and safety policies and procedures.</li><li>Be skilled in delivering health and safety training.</li><li>Be effective communicators, able to influence and use initiative to ensure compliance and continual improvement in a complex environment.</li><li>Be able to drive as travel across Staffordshire and occasionally outside the county is part of the role.</li></ul>Interviews will be held during the week starting 9th February&nbsp;For an informal chat about the role please contact Becky Lee, Head of Health, Safety &amp; Wellbeing at&nbsp;becky.lee<a href="mailto:xxx@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank">@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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;

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Housing Options Officer (DHH108) 
Band F (SCP 12 – 19) - £28,598 - £32,061 per annum 37 hours per week, Permanent
A unique opportunity is available to join our award-winning Housing Options Team and provide advice and assistance to households experiencing homelessness.
We are looking for an individual who is determined to break down barriers in order to find creative and innovative solutions to complex issues, that will prevent vulnerable households from becoming homeless. You will have the opportunity to use homeless legislation, policy and procedure to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people.
Key responsibilities will include:
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<li>Working with a wide range of partner agencies to find solutions to address the support and housing needs of applicants.</li>
<li>Working with applicants and partners in order to agree personalised housing plans.</li>
<li>Making statutory decisions regarding homelessness in accordance with current legislation.</li>
<li>Taking proactive steps to reduce rough sleeping and prevent homelessness.</li>
<li>Managing our waiting list and nomination agreements with registered providers.</li>
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For further information and to apply, please visit our website at: <a href="https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers" target="_blank">https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers</a>
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Please note that a Basic DBS check will be required in the event of an individual being offered the position 
Closing Date for completed applications: Sunday 18th January 2026&nbsp; Interviews will be held in person: Monday 2nd February 2026
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Housing Options Officer

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Make a real difference where it matters most.Are you a passionate and experienced Social Worker ready to take the next step in your career?&nbsp;Join our dedicated Assessment and Staying Together Teams in the scenic Staffordshire Moorlands, where your work will directly impact the lives of vulnerable children and families.We are a small but supportive and welcoming team who share excellent relationships with our district colleagues in Early Help, SEND, Education, Children with Disabilities and we are co located with our Children in Care and Care Leavers Team. We very much embed a restorative model and are committed to ensuring that every child is supported through a whole district approach.Main Responsibilities What you'll do:You’ll work across the continuum of need from Child in Need to Care Proceedings and Adoption planning ensuring children are seen, heard, and safeguarded. Your responsibilities will include:<ul><li>Leading statutory duties and Section 47 investigations</li><li>Supporting placements into care and preparing court reports</li><li>Collaborating with district teams and specialist services</li><li>Mentoring ASYE and student Social Workers</li></ul>The Ideal Candidate What you'll need:<ul><li>a Social Work qualification and post-qualifying experience in a Child in Need, Child Protection Team &amp; Public and Private Court Proceedings.</li><li>Registration with Social Work England.</li><li>a valid &nbsp;current UK driving licence and vehicle.</li><li>a commitment to restorative practice and keeping families together where safe</li><li>experience of supporting and mentoring your colleagues.</li></ul>But above all, you will 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 is safe to do so.Why join us?We offer a clear career progression framework, including:<ul><li>Practice Educator Programme</li><li>Aspiring Practice Lead &amp; Team Manager Programmes</li><li>Strong regional learning partnerships</li></ul>You’ll be part of a small, supportive team with excellent multi-agency relationships and a shared commitment to whole-district support.We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership.For more information about this vacancy or for an informal chat please contact Team Manager, Angela Cooke&nbsp;at: <a href="mailto:angela.cooke1@staffordshire.gov.uk" target="_blank">angela.cooke1@staffordshire.gov.uk</a>Interviews will be held week commencing 26th January 2026.Our Recruitment Process:&nbsp;To ensure fairness, we anonymise applications during shortlisting so that only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement to highlight the skills, experience, and values 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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