Social Worker - Cared for Children

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North East Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description

An exciting new opportunity has come up to join my client based in the North East area. They are looking for an experienced social worker to join their Cared For Childrens team. This team works with children and young people who are currently in their care. Supporting children and their families who have a plan to live outside of family care.

This is an exciting time to join this local authority as they are making a big shift to open up more permanent opportunities and with this comes career progression! They are looking for people who are keen for a new challenge and want to take the next step up to grow together!
Benefits of the role:

  • Competitive salary DOE
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Market supplement bonus
  • Privilege card discounts
  • Workplace parking
  • Electric car scheme
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Full support in your professional development

About you:
As a social worker you will need to have significant experience working within children and family services. Ideally you will have:

  • Experience of working within cared for teams
  • Proven track record of statutory social work experience
  • Sound and robust legal framework knowledge
  • Can manage your own caseload and have good communication skills
  • SWE registered.
  • Full UK drivers license
  • Right to work in the UK

If this sounds like the right role for you then give me a call on 02038317685 or email [email protected]

About this role

Summary

Provide statutory social work for cared for children, support families, manage caseload, and ensure legal compliance.

Job title

Social Worker - Cared for Children

Experience level

significant experience

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

North East, UK, remote work not specified

Salary

Competitive salary DOE

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

social workstatutory experiencelegal knowledgecommunicationSWE registeredUK drivers license

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

childrenfamilieschildcare
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

Work arrangement unknown