Salary - Grade
GBP £43,542 to £49,638 43542 - PO1 - PO3
Contract Type
Permanent
Contracted Hours
Full Time - 36 hours per week
DBS Required
Yes
Department
Children & Education
Service
Children & Families Service
Closing date
16/03/2025
Join us in Hackney for your next career move and start afresh in 2025. We work to achieve the best outcomes for every child in the borough. Our Systemic, Trauma-Informed and Anti-Racist (STAR) practice model informs everything we do.
Our priority is to provide the highest quality support and care for Hackney’s children and families, providing the right support at the right time. We are rated Good by Ofsted and are continually seeking to improve our services and set this out in our Action Plan.
We are an innovative borough where we collaborate to support change for the children and families we work for and for each other. In partnership with families, carers and our partners, we run an integrated service for children, young people and their families, which is made up of six service areas: Early Help and Prevention; Assessment and Planning; Child Protection and Child in Need; Corporate Parenting (Children in care, Fostering, permanency and leaving care); Safeguarding and Quality Assurance; and Business Systems and Operations.
So, why don’t you find yourself in Hackney?
We are currently looking for experienced, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic social workers to work full-time in our Fostering and Permanency teams, we currently have two Fostering Support Teams and one Permanency Team. The social workers in the Fostering Support Teams hold all the approved Foster Carers and the Permanency Team Social workers hold all our temporary approved cares and support our Special Guardians. The teams are made up of 5 social workers, a senior social worker and a Team manager. To find out more about the teams within Children and Families services, click on this link.

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Closing date for applications: 16 March 2025 (22.59)
Interview and assessment date: 28 March 2025
We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.
Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.
The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: hackneyworks@hackney.gov.uk