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Childrens Social Worker - ASYE

Job Introduction

Job Title: Social Worker - ASYE
Salary: £32,654 - £34,314 per annum
37 Hours per Week
Location: County Hall, Worcester
Team: Various Childrens Teams
Permanent

The Role:

We have Newly Qualified Social Worker vacancies across the different children’s social work teams here in Worcestershire. The vacancies are across our entire service including, the Family Front Door (Initial assessment teams), Locality (Child Protection and Care Proceedings) and Through Care (Children Looked After) children’s social work teams and these will be discussed with you at interview to identify your preference and best match for your skills and experiences and in conjunction as to where the vacancies are.

Starting Salary £32,654 rising to £34,314 at the end of your ASYE. You’ll move up the Children’s Social Worker pay scale.

We value our next generation of colleagues and look forward to supporting you into your journey.

We want you to feel secure and confident in your learning and we are proud of the resource in place to achieve this.

Worcestershire County Council is committed to delivering innovative and creative practices to ensure that all Worcestershire's children and young people are healthy, feel safe and have opportunities to enjoy their lives and reach their full potential.

Our leadership team is committed and passionate about developing excellent practice and ensuring that our Newly Qualified Social Workers receive the best support that they can offer including:

Protected caseload of a maximum of 12
A designated Advanced Social Work Practitioner who will co-work cases with you as well as give individual reflective supervision sessions.
Protected development time – 10% of your week is given over to protected development time, as well as Action Learning Sessions.

Our offer to you:

A commitment to support you to develop skills, knowledge, and capability beyond your initial qualification
The opportunity to strengthen your professional confidence
Our chosen Practice Model is 'Signs of Safety' – working with children & families in a strengths & relationship approach; you will benefit from core training and on-going CPD
Flexible and mobile working - our technology makes it easy for you to work from one of our office bases, touch points (across all districts in the county) and home
A valid driving licence is essential for these roles.

For further information please contact: Hardeep Sandhu: HSandhu@worcestershire.gov.uk

Benefits:

You’ll find an overview of the benefits Worcestershire County Council have to offer on our webpage

Some of these offers include:

Great Holiday Entitlement: As well as bank holidays, you'll get 26 days paid holiday (pro rata for part-time staff). This goes up to 31 days when you have been with us for 5 years. If you get more than 26 days where you work now, don't worry because if you join us without a break, we'll match your holiday up to 31 days. If you’re successful and want to take advantage of this do let us know!
Brilliant Pension Scheme: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a nationwide, career average pension scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government.
Professional Learning & Development: We actively encourage learning and development for all our staff should they want to progress further or explore other areas within the organisation.
Flexible Working: We are proud to offer hybrid working to provide a better work/life balance where possible.

Equality & Diversity: The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)
This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of criminal records via the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands, or final warnings, as well as convictions. The County Council has a commitment to safeguarding service users in our care.

Application Closing Date: 23rd February 2025
Anticipated Interview Date: To be confirmed

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