Advanced Social Worker; Children with Disabilities

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

• Salary: £45,091 to £46,142 per annum
• Location: Nutgrove Villa, Westmorland Road, Huyton , Knowsley , L36 6GA
  , Hybrid Working
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Full Time
• Hours: 36 hours per week.
• Closing Date: 25/01/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: CVP 0509

Are you a highly experienced and qualified social worker with demonstrable experience of managing complex cases in line with social work legislation? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of Children and Families through effective Social Care? Do you want to be part of a team that cares and will value your knowledge, experience and you as a person?

Then 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!

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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See what our staff say about working with Knowsley Children's Services:
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Who we are looking for:

To be successful you will be a qualified, highly experienced social worker with demonstrable experience of working on highly complex cases in line with social care legislation, with the ability to advise and mentor newly qualified staff. 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 to do this.

Our offer to you:

• We are a Disability Confident Employer,meaning we offer Inclusive & accessible recruitment, offering an interview to disabled people, providing reasonable adjustments, & supporting existing employees.
• Flexible working, Hybrid working arrangements & family friendly initiatives;Our flexible working scheme allows you to manage your hours & plan your life more easily. We will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.
• Generous Holiday Entitlement:starting at 28 days leave with an option to buy additional 10 days leave
• Manageable Workloads - directors of our service work closely with the Heads of Service & Team Managers to ensure caseloads are manageable & you are supported.
• Differentiated sickness absence for individuals living with a disability.
• Menopause policy supporting women in the workplace.
• Newly Developed Bespoke…