Senior Social Worker - East Locality

Senior Social Worker – East Locality –

Walsall Council Grade: G10; £47,181 – £50,269 per annum per annum.

Children are at the heart of Walsall local authority. They receive support, help and services that reduce risks for them and meet their needs. (Ofsted, 2025)

• Work closely with families and professionals to assess risk, build safety plans and help children thrive.
• Manage a small number of children within complex situations.
• Support the Team Manager with specific tasks and help improve team performance through sharing experience and knowledge.
• Ensure ongoing “Outstanding” support for children and families through practitioner support within the team.

• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) clearance required.
• English fluency duty: ability to communicate verbally with customers in accurate spoken English.
• Commitment to safeguarding and welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

• Manageable workloads and high support from managers.
• Essential paperwork only, enabling technologies and a 9‑day fortnight to support work/life balance.
• Flexible working and specialist employee assistance and therapeutic support when needed.
• Comprehensive training and development programme contributing to our Outstanding Ofsted grading.

Would you like to talk to a team manager about the realities of working in Walsall? If so, please contact:

Closing Date: 5th January 2026

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people and vulnerable adults.

Note:

Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to any time spent overseas.

When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification.
If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. See our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time.

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