Experienced Social Workers – Fostering and Adoption

Family and Friends Assessment and Support Team

Market Supplement of £2000 per annum

 £3,000 Golden Hello after a 6 month sucessful probation period

Sefton Children’s Social Care is an innovative, forward-thinking place to work where you will find a workforce full of caring and welcoming people who are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of our children and families. We have a supportive culture and excellent relationships with our multi-agency partners. The most recent Ofsted inspection August 2025 rated as Good.

We can offer you a manageable and diverse caseload whilst supporting you to maintain a healthy work life balance with a generous annual leave entitlement and working from home/flexible working opportunities.

We have a commitment to our staff’s professional development and actively promote career progression and training opportunities that will support your CPD.

This is an exciting time to come and work for us and join us in our improvement journey whilst we strive to provide outstanding services to our children and families across the borough.

If you are as enthusiastic and committed to making a positive impact on the lives of children and families in Sefton as we are, we would love to hear from you!

As a Sefton Children’s Social Care employee, you will receive:

• Manageable caseloads and access to good quality, regular reflective supervision
• A comprehensive induction programme.
• A wide variety of career progression routes bespoke to individual training and development needs as identified in annual PDRs.
• Robust ASYE, level 3 and practice educator programmes in partnership with HEIs
• Excellent training and development opportunities including a wide-ranging offer from our in-house workforce training and development unit as well as access to several external accredited opportunities.
• Partnership with Research in Practice, providing access to online webinars, podcasts and materials linked to the latest research and policy updates to support your CPD and inform evidence-based reports.
• 28 days annual leave rising to 33 days with 5 years continual service and 8 bank holidays.
• Enhanced sick pay scheme, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave.
• Opportunities for agile/flexible working  
• Access to free eye tests and where appropriate, contribution towards spectacles
• Occupational Health Service available to advise on work related health issues.
• Commitment to supporting staff’s emotional and mental health with access to a free and confidential employee counselling service.
• Discounted gym membership with all Active Sefton gyms
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary sacrifices schemes including childcare vouchers.
• Access to local benefits and discounts on products and service

We currently have both full time and a part time opportunities within the Kinship/SGO assessment team within the fostering service.  The team undertakes viability assessments, Regulation 24 assessments, full fostering assessments of family and friends and SGO assessments.   A significant proportion of our work is court ordered assessments.

Previous experience in a fostering environment is desirable but not essential as your attitude, motivation, and transferable skills is what interests us.  You do, however, need to have experience of undertaking child and family assessments, children’s safeguarding, meeting assessments deadlines. 

Please note that in order to apply for this post you must be qualified and registered as a Social Worker with SWE and have post qualifying experience in safeguarding children.  

Previous Applicants need not apply

Interview date: week commencing Monday 10th November 2025