About the Team:

 

The Family and Adolescent Support Team (FAST) are looking for experienced and dedicated Social Worker’s who are passionate about working with adolescents and their families. We have vacancies across Warwickshire within our locality-based teams. 

FAST provide services and intervention with young people and their families where the primary concern is extra-familial harm, substance misuse, adolescent mental health and 16/17-year-old homelessness. 

 

FAST operate within a contextual safeguarding model, acknowledging that traditional safeguarding approaches are not always the right fit for young people. Are you quick-thinking, creative and restorative in your approach to working with adolescents and their families.

 

Within this role, you would have the opportunity to work creatively within a multi-disciplinary/co-located setting to lead on disruption to contextual risks and increase safety for our young people in the community. You will be working alongside Police, education, substance misuse workers and youth justice/youth workers. ?

If you would like to join a team which strives to achieve the best outcomes for the children and families we work with, embraces new social work practices and is committed to providing a supportive learning environment for social workers to develop their skills and practice then we want to hear from you.

 

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education. Find out why we are good Ofsted.

 

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.

 

Our Offer to you includes:

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply

 

 

About the Role:

 

We are recruiting for the role of Social worker in our Family and Adolescent Support Team.

 

This role is subject to Market Forces supplements. 

 

Experienced Social Worker. Up to £50,231.00 (Includes a £3,500 pro-rated market supplement which is subject to pension, tax and NI deductions (Terms and Conditions apply). 

 

Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure

 

 

Key Requirements:

 

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.

 

For further information, please see the Job Description and Person Specifications below:

 

• Year 2 Social Worker - Grade K
• Year 3 Senior Social Worker - Grade L
• Year 4 Advanced Social Worker - Grade N

 

 

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:

 

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! 

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure.  Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund. 

 

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

 

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

 

 

Additional Information:

 

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

 

This role requires employees to undergo Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV).  This process ensures that individuals who are not police staff but have physical or remote access to police premises, information, intelligence, financial, or operational assets are assessed for their reliability and integrity.  This assessment determines their suitability for clearance to work within police premises.

 

To discuss the role please contact Team Manager Olivia Batchelor, OliviaButchelor@warwickshire.gov.uk

 

Closing Date: 21/03/2025
Interview Date: 31/02/2025

 

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

 

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more