We are pleased to be inviting applications for a Social Worker to join our team supporting children and young people in our Safeguarding Interventions Service. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is committed to supporting children and young people achieve their potential.

We welcome applications from newly qualified social workers through to those with more experience. If you have more than three years post qualifying experience may offer to directly recruit you as a Senior Social Worker at a higher pay grade. Please speak to us if this is of interest.

It is an exciting time to join York as successful candidate will be involved in driving a strong value base of good practice in York with embedding our new practice model, Building Brighter Futures. 

We are on a journey of implementation of Signs of Safety led by Andrew Turnell; as well as training in Family Seeing and Safe & Together.  Successful candidates will receive continuous training, access to knowledge banks and will be part of the leadership group to driving the Building Brighter Futures practice model forward.

The Safeguarding Interventions service support children with child in need plans, children subject to child protection plans as well as those involved in care proceedings.  We thrive to ensure their voices are heard, they achieve their goals and have a sense of belonging in their families and communities. 

The successful candidate will have a manageable caseload to allow you to form strong relationships with children, young people and the team around them. Our social workers work in a high challenge and high support environment with an established and committed team.  There is regular one to one supervision as well as peer supervision.

Candidates will need to be highly motivated and committed to ensuring timescales are met to ensure our young people receive a good quality service. The candidate will need to be able to work independently, with skills in working within timescales and with conflicting priorities.

It is critical that candidates have excellent written and oral communication skills.  The preparation of clear, analytical, and coherent reports is a requirement of this post.  Assessing need and writing children’s plans which include the voice of children, young people and families throughout the process is essential.

If you are a dedicated Social Worker who wants to make a difference for children and young people, then apply now. This is a full time position

Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

The Council is highly committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

This role is suitable as a job sharing position. 

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C1: Can express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.

City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact

Louise Guile: Louise.Guile@york.gov.uk or Gill Bays: gillian.bays@york.gov.uk 

Closing date Sunday 20 April 2025 at 12 midnight

Interviews w/c commencing: 28 April 2025