Social Worker at Hull City Council in England, GB

Number of Vacancies: 1

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Regular

Proposed Interview Date: Monday, August 24, 2026

Hours of Work: 37

Hiring Manager: Samantha Scargall

Contact Number: 01482 613033

Job Description Summary: This is a full time permanent position.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced social worker to join the VEMT team in Hull. The VEMT team comprises of a Team Manager, Advanced Social Worker, 3 Social Workers, an NRM Specialist Assessment Officer, Missing Child Co-ordinator, Youth Engagement worker and Team Co-ordinator. The Youth Service also fund 2 youth workers to work alongside the VEMT team to offer MEET UP (Return Home Interview) discussions to children who have been reported as missing.

As a social worker in the team you will offer support to children and young people who have missing episodes and children deemed to be at risk of or victims of child exploitation, the VEMT team also oversees the Locality Exploitation Risk Meetings (LERM) and MAYVE (Multi-Agency Youth Violence and Exploitation)) process, ensuring that partners recognise and embrace the contextual safeguarding approach.

You will offer direct support working with YP on areas of risk including child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, grooming, online safety, and missing episodes. Partnership working is crucial in the promotion of Contextual safeguarding and the VEMT team work extremely closely with Humberside police – Locate Team, CSE team, Neighbourhood Policing Team and PVP unit. There are also strong established relationships with social care, early help, education, health, youth services, Hull youth justice service, voluntary sector, and local charitable trusts; all of which are represented at the LERM and MAYVE meetings.

In addition to the support work, you will also do prevention work via training offers to all disciplines. The training has been delivered both virtually and face to face on child exploitation, contextual safeguarding, modern day slavery and the NRM process, missing children, and the power of words (victim blaming). This training offer has been well received by schools (designated safeguarding leads), social care and early help teams (Stop the Clock), children’s homes and health providers. The VEMT team also offer 1-1 consults (via Teams) to any professional who is seeking advice/guidance about a child or young person they are worried about in respect of missing episodes or child exploitation.

Hull Children's Services has recently achieved its strongest ever Ofsted judgement, being rated Good overall, with Outstanding judgements for the impact of leaders on social work practice and for the experiences and progress of care leavers. Inspectors recognised the significant progress made across the service, describing it as "safer, stronger and more consistent" for children and families.

Ofsted highlighted Hull's strong workforce culture, effective early help services, strong management oversight, and a commitment to ensuring children's voices are central to decision-making.

This is an exciting time to join Hull. We are a service with a clear vision, ambitious plans for the future, and a workforce committed to improving the lives of children, young people and families every day.

Why it's great to work for Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary of up to £39,152 for experienced social workers and £42,839 for senior social workers, dependant on experience. • Relocation Allowance for newly appointed staff moving from outside the area • Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) • Free Parking on most sites (City Centre sites – reduced price parking passes) • Laptops and mobile phones for all social workers • Generous annual leave allowance • Cycle to Work and car schemes • Pool Car availability • Supportive and forward-thinking culture • Great career development opportunities

For further information please do not hesitate to contact Gaynor Skelton or via email: gaynor.skelton@hullcc.gov.uk.We provide a range of benefits to motivate, reward and recognise the valuable work of our employees.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Grade 7

1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults (Service Area to include where appropriate).

2. Contributes to the overarching strategy in Hull Children’s Social Care Services – to ensure that the team actively plans for safety, permanency and stability for children and young people regardless of the setting in which they live and to actively support children to live at home safely.

3. Works in partnership with colleagues, parents and carers, ensuring that child-centred, systemic practice is the principal standard and framework for all work undertaken with children, young people and families.

4. Engages in critical reflection and constructive challenge within the course of working with colleagues, other agencies and with children, young people and families.

5. Undertakes specific pieces of direct work with children, young people and families both individually and co-working with colleagues as directed by the Team Manager.

6. Actively engages in weekly team meetings ensuring focused and purposeful social work is undertaken with all cases.

7. Works with colleagues in the team to ensure that children, young people and families are regularly and actively communicated with.

8. Works with colleagues in the team to ensure that case recording is up to date and that required information is available for a variety of purposes e.g. core groups, multi-agency meetings, strategy meetings, panels, court, case conferences and looked after children reviews.

9. Engages in the professional decision-making process with colleagues in relation to complex/high risk cases.

10. Actively engages in the professional development framework for Hull Children’s Social Care Services (including attendance at practice development groups) and continuous learning as per relevant level of the Professional Capabilities Framework for the role.

11. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health & safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate H&S policy.

Grade 8, all of the above plus:

12. Engages in and advises on the professional decision-making process with children, young people and their families and colleagues in relation to complex/high risk cases.

13. Prepares for and attends relevant decision-making panels on specific cases where there may be a requirement for additional resources e.g. Resource Allocation Panel.

14. Prepares for and attends court as required in relation to specific cases where the engagement of legal processes is necessary.

15. Provides co-working support and advice to other staff members within the team.

Grade 9, all of the above plus:

16. Engages in and advises on the professional decision-making process with children, young people and their families and colleagues in relation to complex/high risk cases. Occasionally deputises for the Team Manager and liaises with children, young people and families and the Group Manager when necessary in relation to decisions on cases of a complex/high risk nature.

17. Provides day-to-day supervision and contributes to practice education of any social work student attached to the team. Provides professional supervision (monthly) to the Family Practitioner.

18. Actively supports and engages in practice development groups and the provision of information/professional opinion as required e.g. for policy amendments, newly developed ways of working.

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Compensation Grades: GRADES 7, 8,9

Pay Ranges: £32,597.00 - £42,839.00

Job Classifications: 3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), 5- Enhanced & Childrens Barring List - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), Essential 3B - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), Post Fulfilling Statutory Duty - (Statutory Post)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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