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We are recruiting for a Social Worker to join our Connected Carers and SGO Hub. We want our staff and management teams to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, and welcome applications from people of all cultures, ethnicities, religions, genders etc.
These are exciting times for Walsall Children’s Services. We are committed to achieving the best outcomes for children and families, and doing this through creating the conditions where great social work practice can flourish. We want you to join us on this journey, and are looking for people who have the skills and experience to successfully assess connected families in our area.
We are looking for skilled assessors who can assess friends and family carers to enable children to stay in their extended families either through fostering or special guardianship. We have recently introduced the new Form K (Kinship) to replace the current Form C. You will be part of the wider fostering team and may be involved in some Supervising Social Work and support to SGO carers.
Experienced Form F assessors / safeguarding practitioners that are good at assessments and understand the needs of children who have come from traumatic backgrounds are all encouraged to apply.
We have staff from a variety of backgrounds within our team and support each other to improve practice and do the right thing for Walsall Children.
We work closely with the safeguarding teams, doing joint visits, writing court reports etc and we encourage students within the team and for all our staff to have opportunities to develop.
We have regular team meetings, reflective sessions on cases and we all support each other. Its a busy team with lots of complexities of exploring extended family to keep children in their family network as children have better outcomes where this is possible.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

For further information please contact Mandy Layton by email at: mandy.layton@walsall.gov.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 21 st April 2025
View Job Description and Employee Specification
Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.
We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time.
Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.
Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That’s why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits . Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.
We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that’s you, we’re waiting for your application.

Please refer the Job description for details