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Children's Social Worker

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Rotherham, S60 1AEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£40,444 to £47,665

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time

Closing date

29 October 2026

9 days left

Job description

Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young People’s Service. For more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit: https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/childrens-social-work-jobs

Come and join the team here in Rotherham! Why?

We have a strong, visible, accessible leadership team and a heartfelt pledge to deliver outstanding services to children and their families.

We have an established ‘Rotherham family approach’ that assists us in how we work with families and how we care and support our workforce.

We pride ourselves on our strong learning culture and use this positively to develop staff and improve practice.

We strongly believe in ‘growing our own’. Your development and career goals are important to us. We will support you to achieve your career ambitions. Whether this is supporting you to be a confident Social Worker, advanced practitioner, practice consultant or move through to management, we’ve got you and your career journey!

You will be joining an authority rated as Outstanding by Ofsted.

We have a generous annual leave allowance and excellent benefits.

We have manageable caseloads and support Hybrid working arrangements.

A relevant social work qualification to support registration with Social Work England.

A passion for improving outcomes for children.

Experience of working with children and families and an ability to build strong relationships with children, their families, colleagues, and partners.

An ability to support families to make positive changes and enable children to meet their potential.

An ability to analyse information effectively and to write high quality assessments.

A commitment to your own continuing professional development.

Motivation and resilience.

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities, please email them to one of our Service Managers:

Jamie Cripps, Service Manager Central Locality – jamie.cripps@rotherham.gov.uk

Stephen Hart, Service Manager North & South Locality – stephen.hart@rotherham.gov.uk

Kim Wilson, Service Manager CIC and Leaving Care – kim.wilson@rotherham.gov.uk

Joanne McCartan, Service Manager First Response – joanne.mccartan@rotherham.gov.uk

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

LG Jobs

First seen

7 October 2026

Last checked

19 October 2026

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About the employer

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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