Experienced Social Worker
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Darby House, Second Floor 2A
- Salary
- £32910 to £35745
- Closing date
- 29 Jul 2021
- Reference
- TWC000004979
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Social work; Children - Qualified
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Flexible hours
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
1 x Experienced Social Worker - Mainstream Fostering Team
Full Time
Permanent
Grade PO3 - £32910 to £35745 per annum
plus essential car user allowance
Would you like to work for an ‘Outstanding’ local authority – one with an established management team, committed to developing excellent practice and ensuring that our staff receive the best support we can offer?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding Fostering Service due to successful recruitment and retention of carers. You will need to be highly motivated and interested in fostering.
The Fostering Service consists of a number of teams who focus on the following areas:
- recruitment and training
- support, supervision and training of carers
- assessing, supporting and supervising connected persons, private fostering and special guardianship
For more information about working for Telford & Wrekin Children's Social Care, please view our recruitment page: https://www.telford.gov.uk/cscr
Please contact Kelly Burgess if you have any queries regarding the post kelly.burgess@telford.gov.uk 01952 385889.
Please note that interviews will be held on 9th August 2021.
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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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