We are looking to recruit to an additional Senior Fieldwork manager post (21 hours per week) for the Young Refugee Team which is located within Leaving Care services, dedicated to supporting unaccompanied asylum seekers. Candidates must be social work qualified and Social Work England registered with performance management experience.

The role requires the manager to have a good, developed understanding of the Refuge journey including working with the National Referral Mechanism, National Age Assessment Bureau, Migration Yorkshire and varied other multi-agency professionals to ensure the emotional and physical needs of the young refugees are met.

The team is made up of a combination of Social Workers and Personal Advisors who are responsible for undertaking age assessments, health assessments, single assessments and present information to Legal Gateway.

The Personal Advisors are responsible for pathway plans post 18yrs and ensuring that the young people have the skills to live independently ensuring housing, budgeting and health and wellbeing for example are key to successful and safe integration into the community.

The Senior Fieldwork Manager will have full oversight of all of the above and is responsible for reporting on the numbers of young people to the ensure that Sheffield City Council can claim the allowances available for the young people accommodated by SCC.

This post is externally grant funded and funding will be reviewed annually.

Further information: Cerrianne.Evans@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.