Job Description

Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding

MB4 (45,091 - 51,356)

This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to 963 per annum.

37 Hours, Full Time

Permanent

Hybrid Stopford House, including at least 2 days in office along with community and home working.

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 26th August 2025

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Shortlisting Date: 27th August 2025

Interview Date: 10th & 11th September 2025

Interview Type: In Person

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Your Role

We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to join our Adult Social Care team.


This role will involve supporting ongoing learning and supporting the learning needs of others within the Adult Safeguarding Service and Across Adult Social Care.


You will use your extensive experience in statutory social work, the Care Act in particular section 42, Safeguarding enquiries to provide leadership and demonstrate professional knowledge and good practice in situations of high complexity, especially where an adult has been identified as being harmed due to abuse or neglect.


You will work to shape and develop the service and deputise for the manager when this is required.

About You

Are you an experienced Social Worker, passionate about safeguarding adults at risk? Are you interested in working in partnership with adults to manage risk and develop protection plans to prevent harm occurring as a result of abuse or neglect. Keeping the person at the centre of all decisions? Do you have an enquiring mind and an ability to link information and understand patterns of behaviour to inform your practice and understanding of abuse in all its forms?

If this sounds like you, apply today we want to hear from you!

About Us

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.


We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Dani Morrall-Brown on 07816 111107 o the recruiting officer on 07976 165269 for an informal discussion about the role

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.


Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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