Qualified Social Worker - Children in Care

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Job Reference: HCC621720

Salary Range: £39,382 – £43,679 per annum plus aMarket Supplement of up to £4,500 per annum

Work Location:Park House, Alton

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 24 July 2025

What you’ll do:

We are a passionate and supportive Children in Care team dedicated to delivering high-quality services for children, their families, carers, and wider networks. Using a strength-based approach, we focus on promoting children’s wellbeing and maintaining positive family relationships to achieve the best outcomes. This rewarding yet challenging role is ideal for experienced social workers confident in managing complex caseloads and conducting holistic assessments to identify risk and need. You’ll work closely with multi-agency partners to develop and review care plans, and collaborate with health and education professionals to create tailored support packages for children with complex needs. We offer a collaborative environment with peer support, reflective supervision, mentoring, and a creative team spirit.

What we’re looking for:

• Essential Qualifications & Experience: A Social Work qualification is required, and experience working with children in care is desirable.
• Legislative Knowledge: A solid understanding of key legislation is necessary, including the Children’s Act 1989 (as amended), Children’s Act 2002, Care Act 2014, and Children and Families Act 2014.
• Professional Expertise: Experience with statutory provisions is expected, especially in working with Children in Care and those involved in Care Proceedings.
• Communication & Multi-Agency Collaboration: Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential, along with the ability to navigate and work effectively within multi-agency systems.

You will be part of a strong, safe, and supportive team environment, where your contributions are valued and recognised. In addition to an incredibly competitive salary and benefits, we offer extensive training and development opportunities – with 5 CPD days – to enhance your skills and further your career.

Other benefits you will enjoy include:

• PA support: to provide crucial back-office support to free up your time to focus on professional practice.
• A thorough and supportive induction: to enable you to feel confident and knowledgeable in your role.
• Nine-day fortnight: We will provide you with a nine-day fortnight working schedule.
• Flexible working: As part of our ongoing investment into transforming our social care practice, all of our practitioners are given mobile phones and hybrid devices, affording them the functionality to work flexibly and remotely, with a choice of office locations.
• Help with relocation: We offer help with relocation of up to £8,500, for qualified social workers who are moving to Hampshire, to help them settle into their new area and new role as quickly and smoothly as possible.
• Family friendly policies: We offer a full range of family-friendly policies. These include generous maternity, paternity, and adoption entitlements.
• Annual leave: We offer a generous annual leave entitlement in addition to Bank Holidays. At this grade, you will receive a minimum of 25 days per annum (pro rata) rising to a maximum of 28 days (pro rata) after 5 years\’ service, plus Bank Holidays.
• Local government pension: All Hampshire County Council employees are eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme.

To find out more about what we can offer you in return, please see ourbenefits package .

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements for Children’s Services, references will be requested prior to interview.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

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