Newly Qualified Social Worker - WMF3137e


Company:	Westmorland and Furness Council
Salary:	£34,434 to £35,412 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Lowther Street, LA9 4DQ
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	4 Sept 2026
Closing date:	4 Oct 2026

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Summary

Come and start your social work career within an Ofsted‑rated ‘Good’ Children and Families Service, where staff wellbeing is a clear priority. We are proud to be finalists in the Supportive Social Work Employer category at the National Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025.

Our teams are area based, meaning you work within local communities so will be able to build links with families and partner agencies. It is really important to us that Westmorland and Furness is a great place to be a child and grow up; a place of opportunity where young people are able to live happy and productive lives and a place where young people will want to live and work in the future.

We firmly believe that all children in Westmorland and Furness deserve the best start in life, and we're looking for the right people to help make that happen.

We have current Newly Qualified Social Work opportunities within our Support and Protect teams and Cared For Teams.

Support and Protect: working with children and families on a short- longer term basis, completing assessments and working across the thresholds of Child in Need and Child Protection. Also, for some children where concerns escalate, working in the legal framework of pre-proceedings or within the court arena.

Cared For: working with children and young people would are cared for by Westmorland & Furness Council.

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