Employer: Stockport Council
Salary: (£37,280 – £41,771) this role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Work location: Stockport, England
Application Deadline: 11:59pm, 2nd September 2025.
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
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: 3rd September 2025
Interview Date: 10th September 2025
Interview Type: In Person
While we embrace the use of AI as an innovative tool to maximise our services at Stockport Council, we are looking for authenticity in applications we receive. We therefore ask you to think carefully if choosing to use AI when completing your application and ask that you ensure you read all instructions carefully and that your application is written by you and reflects your skills, knowledge and enthusiasm.
Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025
Your Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join a neighbourhood community social work team. You will be empowering our residents to live Glorious Ordinary Lives through our work within the Care Act. We work closely with our communities and key partners such as health and proud to do so. You will work within the Care Act to complete assessments, reviews and lead on safeguarding work.
About You
We are looking for experienced social workers 2 years post qualified, Car driver essential, who are committed to the values of empowering residents. We are looking for individuals who can be creative, have good time management skills and are professionally curious. We are looking for social workers who thrive of being part of a team who will support to the one vision we have “to support communities to live healthy, thriving and safe lives”
About Us
We are a social work team based in the heart of our communities; we provide excellent learning opportunities within our teams and have excellent career progression pathways. Neighbourhood teams work with adults over the age of 18 and work within the Care Act, complete assessments, reviews and Safeguarding work. We work in a strength and asset-based approach and empower adults to lead Glorious Ordinary Lives. We work closely with our partners in the 3rd sector to assist with healthy and thriving communities.
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 Jennifer Thorley Team Leader on the South Neighbourhood team on Jennifer.Thorley@stockport.gov.uk 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 currently qualify.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
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 an interview 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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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.
We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.
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Application Process
If you’re interested in this role, check out more information on the Official website and apply now!