Jobs

A welcome from the Corporate Director of Children and Young People

Thank you for your interest in joining our Children and Young People’s service.

As the new Director for Children and Young People, here in North Yorkshire I am excited to announce significant investment in our children and families service.

More capacity. More prevention. Better outcomes.

Be part of a service investing in family help and sustainable practice.

Across local government, children’s services are facing unprecedented demand and funding constraint. Many organisations are responding by reducing capacity and narrowing ambition. We have chosen a different path. In response to the Families First Partnership Programme reforms, we in NYC are seeking to expand out teams in order to drive the changes of supporting children and their families at the earliest opportunity, right time, right person.

We are making a significant and sustained investment in our workforce—creating new and additional capacity across children’s social care, which will become Family help and our Multi agency child protections teams. At a time when others are making savings, we are growing our teams because we believe that safe, effective and relationship based practice relies on practitioners having the time, support and professional space to do their best work, with children. 

Hear more from El Mayhew Corporate Director Children and Young People service outline our investment plans, about our children services and new career opportunities visit:

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/cswl-jobs

 About the role

North Yorkshire Council’s Adoption Service, is nationally recognised for excellence and we are seeking experienced and passionate Adoption Social Workers to join the team. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference to children and families by supporting them through the adoption journey. If you are committed, enthusiastic, and ready for a rewarding challenge, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

Working in the adoption team is an exciting, challenging, unique and rewarding job. It is a role, which gives social workers the opportunity to operate within a range of contexts; undertaking assessments of prospective adopters, providing adoption support services to children and families, providing preparation training to prospective adoptive parents and being part of a professional team to support the matching and placing of children.  

As a service, we are committed to creating a positive and supportive team culture where social workers feel that they have a forum to share their views about the organisation and environment in which they work. We clearly demonstrate that the voice of the child and family shape the service we provide, and this is evidenced throughout our practice.

Before applying via this vacancy please review additional information about working for North Yorkshire Council, what staff say about working in North Yorkshire, our CPD offer and career opportunities visit in addition to the job description  and interview dates https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/cswl-jobs

For further information regarding the roles contact Rachael Hunter or Coleen Scott at Rachael.Hunter@northyorks.gov.uk, Coleen.Scott@northyorks.gov.uk

 Key Dates

Closing date: Sunday 17^th May 2026

Company: North Yorkshire Council

Salary: £38,220 to £42,839

Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Social Care

Job Role: Social Worker