Experienced Social Worker - Accelerated Permanence Team

We are looking for driven and passionate people to work with us to deliver real benefits for our residents and businesses and become part of the Knowsley Journey

• Location: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Hybrid Working
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Full Time
• Hours: 36 hours per week.
• Closing Date: 18/02/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: CVP 0538

Are you a Qualified Social Worker? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of Children and Families through high‑quality social care practice? Do you want to use your experience and analytical skills to support improved outcomes without holding a caseload?

Then the Accelerated Permanence Team within Knowsley Children’s Services could be the place for you.

Be part of what we are building

Following our recent Ofsted inspection, our Children’s Social Care Services (CSC) department are on an improvement journey – one we would love you to join us on. This includes the development of a dedicated court team. The focus within this team is to promote positive outcomes for children and families through collaborative work which is produced within appropriate timescales.

Do you want to work with:

• a friendly, supportive team who genuinely cares about their employees?
• a smaller Local Authority in easy commuting distance from across the North West with hybrid working options?
• Somewhere you can really make a difference to the lives of our Children and Young People

Then this may be the role for you...

We have high aspirations for our children and young people and are determined to work together to make the necessary improvements and get to ‘good’ whilst always aiming higher. This is an exciting time to join our service - improving CSC is one of the Council’s main priorities; there’s significant investment in the service, expertise on-hand and opportunities for you to make a real difference;

helping to shape the future delivery of CSC for the benefit of our children and young people.

If you choose to join us, you will be coming to an inclusive, supportive, and friendly team. We have a new engaging and ambitious leadership team in place, who will ensure that you work in an environment where you feel recognised, valued, and listened to. As a service we offer flexible working, manageable caseloads and a vast array of employee benefits details of which can be found below.

We welcome you to come and join us on this exciting journey– in return we promise to support, develop, and help you achieve your goals.

Don’t just take our word for it though, see what our current social workers have to say.

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Successful candidates would work alongside our colleagues within the Child Looked After service (who remain the allocated social workers for the children) to complete assessments and reports which support permanency planning. This is a non-case holding post focused on producing high‑quality, evidence‑based reports within agreed timescales that reduce drift and delay for children and families. Responsibilities would include the production of assessments, reports and statements, supporting allocated social workers and colleagues, and contributing to improved permanency planning for our children and young people.

Who we are looking for:

To be successful you will be a qualified, experienced social worker and you will be professionally registered with Social Work England. You will be committed to making a difference for Children, Young People and their families and you’ll be a great communicator able to quickly build good relationships. It’s important you actively invest in your continuous professional development, and we will support you in doing this.

You will have strong analytical and written skills, be able to manage time effectively and build relationships with children and families which support you in creating robust, evidence-based reports for use within the court arena. You will have proven experience of court social work to an excellent standard with a good understanding of public law legal frameworks.

Our offer to you:

• We are a Disability Confident Employer,meaning we offer Inclusive & accessible recruitment,…