Childrens Senior Social Worker - Vulnerable adolescent team

We are looking for qualified Senior social workers to join an existing team of social workers and early help practice leads. The Amber / Adolescent team ( children at risk of exploitation and who are risk of family breakdown) is an ever developing team with a strong emphasis on understanding and working within adolescent empowerment and child exploitation.

The aim of the team is to provide a service to young people who are identified as being vulnerable due to child exploitation, neglect and or abuse and whose behaviour is a concern. These young people and their families are often hard to reach so the successful applicant will need to demonstrate the ability to engage with resistant families. We aim to help the parents to develop strategies to care for their children whilst managing challenging behaviours and to build confidence and resilience in the young people. We use Signs of Safety as a working model therefore we are looking for a positive strengths focused worker who is organised and can demonstrate strong social work values.

We want our practice to avoid principles and approaches which blames and stigmatises adolescents. We want an approach which recognises and can overcome the barriers that adolescents face in society and which empowers the young people and families with whom we work with.

You must have significant social work qualification experience in a frontline statutory setting and be registered with Social Work England. We are looking for creativity and innovation in working with hard to reach families. If you would like to be part of a supportive, Knowledgeable, innovative and dedicated team please be in touch.

Contact Amandeep.Sall@sheffield.gov.uk for further information

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.

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.

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.

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 New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council