Senior Social Worker
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Social Worker/Senior Social Worker
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 4, 5th Floor
- Salary: £36,648 - £44,428 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 21/04/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 3965
- This post is not open to job share
We currently have a fantastic opportunity within the MASH for an experienced Social Worker/ Senior Social Worker to join the team .
About us
For all your hard work. You will receive the following;
- Between £34,723 - £42,503 per annum subject to experience
- Welcome payment of £4,000*
- Annual retention payment of £2,000*
- Up to £8,000 relocation package
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice green car scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Access to our Social Work Academy
- Paid SWE registration renewal
Our vision
Right child, right support, right time, every time
Working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help.
We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to create the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.
About our teams
Our team structures are designed to ensure there is the right level of support and management oversight available to staff within the Front Door / MASH.
The MASH is a supportive team who welcome and fully induct new starters to ensure they are well equipped to start their successful career at GCC.
We need resilient, driven individuals who will play their part in making our vision for Children’s Services a success. You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpin the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity and Respect.
About you
As a social worker within our MASH, you will work to ensure we keep the children and young people at the heart of our assessments and decision making. You will work in partnership with other agencies (health, education, police, voluntary sector etc.) to ensure families receive coordinated and appropriate support in relation to their assessed needs.
You will need a clear understanding of the principle and function of a Front Door / Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub and evidence of the ability to determine positive outcomes for children and young people, within tight timescales.
The ideal applicant will have had a good foundation of working as a frontline social worker. To be successful for the post we also need you to have:
- Social Work England registration
- Ideally experience within a MASH team
- a recognised qualification in Social Work
- to have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
- a full driving licence and willingness to drive
- DBS clearance
How to apply
For an informal chat about this role, please email Charmaine.Shaw@gloucestershire.gov.uk with your name and number.
Alternatively, please apply before the closing date.
*Please note that our welcome payments and retention payments are subject to tax and national insurance deductions
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
This position is subject to a DBS check
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.