This is an exciting time to join Sheffield City Council’s Children’s frontline Fieldwork Services. We are committed to ensuring that vulnerable children and young people are effectively supported to reach their full potential, delivered through our effective early help and prevention services, and strong partnerships that ensure safeguarding remains the highest priority for children and young people in Sheffield.

To help deliver our vision, we need applicantions from an experienced, self-motivated, innovative and creative social work professional. You will have a social work qualification and be SWE registered. You will need experience and skills in partnership working across Children's Services and to promote co-operation, working together with other organizations and service users as the means of shaping, developing and delivering services.
You will ensure that children, young people and families receive timely, first class specialist assessments, clearly identifying risks and needs and oversee the development and implementation of a focused multi agency plan to protect them. To ensure care plans are of a high quality, that they have a clear evidence base and that they are regularly reviewed and are well recorded.

We have a number of Management Training Pathways and you will have opportunities to develop your learning through excellent professional development.

You will have significant post qualification experience in Children and Families front line statutory social work and will be required to supervise a team of six social workers. Our newly qualified social workers (ASYE’s) are line managed and supported by you and mentored by Social Work Consultants.

You will have the ability to advise and make decisions on complex cases as well as monitoring work plans to ensure performance standards are achieved, in terms of consistency and quality.

Sheffield offers an unrivalled quality of life, combining the best of city living with the beauty and tranquility of the Peak District National Park. On offer are all the benefits of living in the 4th largest city; shopping, entertainment, theatres, sport, good schools and excellent transport links - all at affordable prices.

Situated in the heart of England, Sheffield presents itself as an ideal location for living and working and offers one of the best value environments to live in.

Sheffield is the only city with a National Park within its boundary, that’s at least two good reasons for living here!

Further information from Michelle.Kingan@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.