Qualified Social Worker | Children's Social Care and Safeguarding| Shropshire Council

Qualified Social Worker / Social Work Professional required to join a statutory Children's Social Care and Safeguarding
Office base: Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
33.30ph
Hybrid working
You must have a social work qualification and full SWE registration as well as relevant experience to be consideredShropshire - A fantastic place to live and work …"I love working for Shropshire, they have been nothing but supportive and understanding throughout the pandemic" - A children's services social worker. We are very proud of the services that we provide to children in Shropshire, which Ofsted gave a 'Good' rating in out most recent inspection in February 2022.

We are committed to ensuring that social workers have both the tools and conditions to work effectively and in partnership with children and their families. Our Senior Leaders work hard to create a working environment that encourages excellent practice to flourish.

Our Social Workers tell us that we have:

Positive and supportive access to visible managers in the office, and online.
Good quality supervision which takes place on a regular basis.
A restorative, relationship based practice model with both our clients and staff.
A warm and nurturing environment to work in.
Mutual respect at all levels.
A small authority where there are direct relationships between senior managers and "frontline" staff.
A beautiful locality to work in.
An excellent training programme.
Great opportunities for progression.
Strong relationships with partner organisations.We also provide:

Protected Lieu/TOIL time.
Flexible and agile working.
Free car parking.
Group supervision and action learning sets.
A robust ASYE programme.
A wide ranging and high quality training and development offer.
Stable and supportive teams with a permanent Team Manager.

We are always told that Shropshire is a beautiful area to work and live in, with fantastic arts and culture. If you are interested in moving to the area, like many others have done, please contact us.

We are a passionate, positive, knowledgeable, innovative, child focused and enthusiastic workforce. If this sounds like you and you are Social Work England registered (or working toward this with a pending qualification), please contact us.

To be considered, it is essential that you have a recognised Social Work qualification (Social Work Degree or Diploma in Social Work) and full Social Work England registration as well as recent or significant relevant experience in a similar role.

If you are interested in discussing this position in more detail please call (phone number removed) and ask for Anton Mostert or email

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