Social Work Job Vacancies in Wirral
Wirra County is a wonderful place to live and work. Bordering the River Mersey, the Irish Sea and the River Dee, the Merseyside borough offers plenty of history, culture, countryside, and outdoor sports and adventures. Thanks to its peninsula location, Wirral has quiet sandy beaches, lush country parks (like Birkenhead Park, which inspired New York’s Central Park), and off-shore islands inhabited with rare marine wildlife.
For the history buffs, the Birkenhead Priory, the oldest building on Merseyside, the 19th century Port Sunlight Museum and Garden Village, and the U-Boat Story, a historic World War II ship-turned-interactive museum, are all worth a visit. The borough is also a golfing hotspot, boasting over 14 beautiful golf courses. Wirral is easy to reach from Liverpool and Chester via bus and rail.
With plenty of fantastic roles from which to choose, let us tell you why Wirral Council is a great place for you to be a social worker.
All About Wirral Council
Wirral Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside. It comprises 66 councilors, 3 for each of the 22 electoral wards in the borough. These wards include Birkenhead and Tranmere, Clatterbridge, Eastham Seacombe, Upton, and Wallasey. In addition to offering its constituents a range of excellent services, Wirral Council’s main aims are to drive economic growth, protect its most vulnerable residents, and improve the local environment.
Wirral Council’s main Social Services include:
Child Protection: Where members of the public can report children who they believe are suffering from harm, abuse, or neglect, and ensure that at-risk children will receive the safeguarding and support they desperately need. While improvements can still be made, a recent Ofcom inspection found that “the quality of services for children has improved in all areas since the last inspection in 2016.”
Fostering: Where potential foster parents can learn about what it takes to become a foster parent, apply to become a foster parent, and receive support and guidance from Wirral Council, including training, peer mentoring, and financial support.
Adoption: Where the Wirral Council recruits, prepares, assesses, and supports adopters. Wirral Council’s adoption service is now part of Adoption in Merseyside (AiM), a regional adoption agency that also includes local authorities from Knowsley, Liverpool, and Sefton.
Other key services Wirral Council offers include:
Types of Social Work Available at Wirral Council
Wirral Council can provide social workers with a fantastic selection of jobs and teams to work within.
Some of our current roles include:
- Experienced Social Worker — Working with Children & Families
- QSW – Experienced — Working with Children & Families
- Experienced Social Worker — Working with Children & Families
For our full range of Wirral-based roles, please click here.
Why Wirral Council Is a Great Place to Be a Social Worker
- Wirral Council offers its employees a wide range of benefits, including a generous annual leave allowance, training and development opportunities and PeoplePlus staff benefits scheme that offers discounts to over 7,000 shopping outlets, restaurants and cinema theatres.
- Wirral Council is proactive in combating climate change. Wirral’s Climate change strategy, Cool, aims to substantially cut climate pollution in the area by reducing the demand for energy and generating and sourcing more of their local energy needs from renewable sources.
- The gender pay gap between female and male employees in Wirral Council is significantly lower than the national average. In Wirral, there is a 6.3% average variation between the pay to men and women employees, compared to the national average of 18.4%.
Our Relationship With the Wirral Council
As a social work recruitment agency that puts people first, we work closely with Wirral Council to connect our candidates with the most suitable roles. We closely monitor their latest vacancies, and if the right job comes up, we’ll send the relevant CV(s) for Wirral Council to look through. If they’re interested in any of our candidates, we’ll help to set up an interview.
After the interview, we’ll get feedback from Wirral Council as soon as we can and share this information with you so know where you impressed and where you can improve for the future. Should you be successful, we’ll arrange a start date and help prepare you for your new job.
Our support continues into your new job. From our onsite visits and regular catch-ups to out-of-hours calls, we’re always here to help you.
‘’Fantastic agency. Brilliant consultants who make regular contact. Highly recommend the service.’’ – Dina
To learn more about Wirral Council and how we can help you find your ideal job, please give us a call today at 0161 327 0936. We’re more than happy to help.