Job Introduction
Are you passionate about supporting young people and making a real impact in their lives?
As a Social Worker with our UASC (Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children) team, you will be at the forefront of providing crucial support and care to children and young people who are seeking asylum without their families.
Main Responsibility
Your role will involve:
- Conducting comprehensive assessments of the needs of unaccompanied minors
- Developing and implementing personalized care plans
- Advocating for the rights and welfare of the children
- Working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies
- Ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
- Conducting Age assessments (following training)
The Ideal Candidate
You'll be:
- Qualified and registered as a Social Worker with post qualifying experience
- Experienced in working with children and young people, preferably within the UASC or similar settings
- Empathetic, resilient, and culturally aware
- Able to work effectively under pressure and manage complex cases
- Excellent in communication and interpersonal skills
For further information, please contact Amanda Taylor amanda.taylor@staffordshire.gov.uk or Eb Offei ebenezer.offei@staffordshire.gov.uk
Interviews will held week commencing: 24 February
Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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