Newly Qualified/Experienced Social Workers - Assessment and Intervention Team

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Kirklees
Children & Families
Child Protection & Family Support
37
Numerous
Across Kirklees
Permanent
Grade 9-11
£34,434 - £44,075 plus an annually reviewed Market Rate Supplement of £1,500 for Level 3 Social Workers

We’re Kirklees – Come and Join our team

Are you a committed and enthusiastic social worker with a breadth of experience? Are you looking for a new opportunity in an innovative and supportive environment?

We are currently recruiting Newly Qualified and Experienced Social Workers to join our Assessment & Intervention team.  

Please specify in your application whether you are interested in the Newly Qualified or Experienced Social Worker position.

We are looking for experienced practitioners who are able to demonstrate that they:

  • Have a commitment to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare
  • Have experience in a social care setting with ability to assess needs, identify appropriate social work interventions, plan, prioritise and evaluate
  • Have communication and collaboration skills to build productive working relationships in a multi-agency environment
  • Have the ability to engage individuals, families and carers and use their views to inform assessments, plans and interventions
  • Have up-to-date knowledge of relevant trends, policies, regulation and safeguarding 
  • proactively use supervision to reflect critically on practice, explore different approaches and understand the boundaries of professional accountability
  • Can co-work and mentor less experienced practitioners
  • Are willing to work towards Practice Educator Level 1 or 2 or already have a Practice Educator qualification.

 We offer:

  • A Restorative Practice approach to social work which involves innovation and locality working with high quality relationships at the heart of our approach.
  • You will work with manageable caseloads and we will ensure that you have high-quality professional development and receive high standards of induction, supervision and management.
  • Your emotional well being is very important to us and each area has an emotional well being champion ensuring we have emotionally resilient practitioners.
  • We have a bespoke learning and development offer at all levels of social work allowing you access to professional development opportunities enabling you to develop and progress your career. Our well-established career structure also supports us to develop our own managers and leaders.

For more information or to have an informal discussion please call 01484 221000 and ask for:

Assessment & Intervention Service Managers 

Joanne Simpson: joanne.simpson@kirklees.gov.uk 

Kelly Johnson: Kelly.johnsona@kirklees.gov.uk

Keeley Slack: keely.slack@kirklees.gov.uk 

Kelly Johnson is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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10 May 2026, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.