Now is a great time to join Surrey County Council children's services as a frontline children's social worker.

After passing a recent unannounced OFSTED inspection, our confidence is high as we continue through our journey of improvement. With a real focus on children’s social care, we're passionate about getting the right outcomes for the children we represent. And, in the past year, we've built a framework for success – with the resources, people and support firmly in place to enable us to deliver our promises. There's still a way to go before we achieve everything we want, but we're well on our way.

To continue to develop our children's social work teams and increase our overall effectiveness to protect Children in Surrey, we're looking for motivated, committed and skilled professionals to contribute to our sustained journey of improvement.

In return, we provide all the support you need to do a great job. As well as encouraging our social workers to attend learning events, we also sponsor foundation degrees for support workers and hold regular forums for our managers. We've increased the number of our supervisors too.

Frontline children's service teams

To find out about our teams, please click on the links below.

• Duty and assessment
• Children in need
• Children protection and court proceedings
• Looked after children

There is a four area structure to Surrey's Social Care teams and at Surrey's main offices each of the above teams can be found.

Main offices

• Fairmount House, Leatherhead (north-east area)
• Quadrant Court, Woking (north-west area)
• St Francis Centre, Guildford (south-west area)
• Consort House, Redhill (south-east area)

Becoming a children's social worker

To join us as a Social Worker you'll need to have:

• An appropriate social worker qualification,
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration,
• A full valid UK driver's licence and vehicle,
• Experience of working with children and young people is preferable within a statutory childcare environment,
• The ability to demonstrate that you’re child focused and have knowledge of best practice and relevant legislation. You should be committed to providing the very highest standards of care.
• An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure (formerly known as the Criminal Records Bureau disclosure) with Children's and Adults barred checklist.

Further information on how to qualify as a social worker.

Please apply through following website - Qualified Frontline Children's Social Worker.

Once your application has been received and reviewed, successful applicants will be invited to attend one of our selection days. We hold regular interviews via selection days, in either Leatherhead or Woking, giving you the opportunity to demonstrate the key skills you can bring to our Children's service.

Roles in other child-care settings

You can search for a job working with children in other child-care settings, such as day nurseries, pre-schools and after school clubs.

For school jobs in Surrey, excluding catering, visit the Surrey Schools website.

There are many reasons why working for Surrey offers a rewarding career. Meet some of our people to see why they enjoy working with us and the benefits they enjoy.