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Social Workers

Employer
Staffordshire County Council
Location
Opportunities in Burton, Biddulph, Cannock, Codsall, Lichfield, Newcastle, Stafford, Tamworth
Salary
Salary: Grade 9 - £32,234 - £36,992 per annum + car user allowance
Closing date
24 Jan 2022
Reference
REC002319

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Job Details

Job title: Social Workers

Business area: Childrens Services 

Location: we have opportunities in Burton, Biddulph, Cannock, Codsall, Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-lyme, South Staffs, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tamworth

Salary:  Grade 9 - £32,234 - £36,992 per annum + car user allowance

Working Pattern: 37 Hours per week | Full time | Part time | Flexible working – we’re happy to discuss options with you

Life-changing work.

Game changing support.

With additional support from PA’s and a new operating model we’re making sure our social workers can do what they do best!

Our Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county. They take pride in supporting children and families and we’re equally proud to help them give their best in whatever ways we can. That’s why you can expect everything from agile and flexible working options to exceptional learning and development if you join our team. You can also expect our commitment to creating the best service we can.

Although we’re already rated as ‘Good’ by OFSTED, we’re determined to uphold the highest standards and drive continual improvement and learning. That’s why we’ve recently gone through an exciting transformation, underpinned by a restorative practice model, which focuses on keeping families together through a community-based approach. If you’ve not worked in this way before, don’t worry – we’ll give you full training to bring you up to speed.

Working with us means collaborating across our different teams, and sharing best practice, knowledge, and experience to continually improve the way we do things. Support is important, as we work in a big county with some diverse challenges – but together we can meet all kinds of needs and demands.

Our roles

Social Worker - Assessment & Staying Together - Burton, Codsall, Cannock, Moorlands, Newcastle (12 months Fixed Term) Stafford, and Tamworth

You’ll be working with children and their families consistently from the point our Duty hub refer them to you until we support them to leave our system. In some instances where there’s a need for a final order this is where support for a child will be taken over by our Children in Care and Care Leavers teams.

Social Worker – Duty Hub - Stafford

As a Duty Hub Social Worker, you’ll work within a busy Duty team, completing Initial Visits and Child Social Work Assessments following new referrals from our First Response Team. The work will be varied, covering S.47 investigations, S.17 Child in Need assessments, s.7 & s.37 reports. Applicants for these posts will need to have completed their ASYE Year. We’ll ensure you gain experience and training to conduct ‘Achieving Best Evidence Interviews’.

Social Worker - Children in Care & Care Leaver – Burton, Codsall, Cannock, Lichfield and Tamworth

As a social worker for children in care you’ll be looking after and supporting those children who have for one reason, or another been taken into care. 

What you’ll bring

You’ll need to be a:

- Qualified Social Worker

- Registered with Social Work England.

- Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle

But above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.

Our benefits & offer to you

We recognise our social workers want to have the time to do what they do best – spending time supporting children and families and so we have built into our structure dedicated PA support to our Social Workers so you can spend more doing the work that matters most.

We also know you’ll want to continually develop in your role and potentially progress your career and that why we have created a great training and development opportunities ensuring your individual growth here at Staffordshire. 

Plus, there’s also all these other benefits too:

  • Generous holiday entitlement from 24 up to 33 days (plus 8 bank holidays and 2 extra statutory days) depending on job role and length of service. That’s a minimum of 34 days annual leave.
  • Essential car user allowance
  • The option to buy up to an additional 2 weeks annual leave per year
  • A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role, which includes agile working, flexible retirement
  • Family Friendly Policies - maternity, adoption, paternity and parental leave
  • New employee benefits platform Vivup offering discounts and lifestyle benefits and more
  • An excellent local government pension scheme
  • Volunteering Scheme
  • Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
  • Access to health and wellbeing support (including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Counselling Services)
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Car lease scheme / cycle & car loan scheme / employee car share scheme
  • Bus and rail travel discounts

So, how do I apply?

Just click on the ‘Apply’ button.

In your application, please state in the supporting information which Social Work role/s you’re interested in and the locations.

If you do have technical issues please contact recruitment@staffordshire.gov.uk and the team will help you.

Closing Date: 24 January 2022, however we’ll be doing rolling recruitment so it’s best to apply as soon as possible
Interview Date: asap in the new year following your completed application

For more information please contact talent@staffordshire.gov.uk and we’ll be happy to help or visit our website Children’s social work – Together, we’ll improve lives - Care in Staffordshire (promotingpeople.co.uk)

Our recruitment process

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

How will we store your details?

By submitting your application form, you are giving your consent to the processing of your personal data in the ways described Here

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities. As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.  

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