Job Description
Are you a 3rd year student or just completed your social work degree? Are you starting to look for your first social work position? Then look no further!
We are now accepting applications for a next cohort of Newly Qualified Social Workers to join our Families and Children’s Service.
We are recruiting in teams across Wiltshire including; Support and Safeguarding, Integrated Front Door/MASH, Children in Care, Fostering and Kinship and our Emerald team who specialise in child exploitation.
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At Wiltshire we value and recognise all our staff for the hard work they do every day.
Our Families and Children's service provides a high quality, efficient and effective social work service which responds to the needs of children, young people, and their families, and we want you to join us!
How do we support you?
You will work with a dedicated ASYE Development Manager. That support includes twice monthly supervision as well as informal support and ongoing guidance for practice. You will receive ongoing training and development which is designed by our designated ASYE Co-ordinator, and you will finish with an end of year group celebration.
Why Wiltshire?
In addition to our Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme, we provide a range of learning and development opportunities - not just at the start of your career but across the professional capabilities’ framework. Grounded in relationship-based practice, opportunities are varied and ongoing such as a newly developed innovative fund for developing practice by shadowing in organisations.
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- Excellent pension provision via the local government pension scheme (LGPS). We contribute around 20% of your salary towards your pension.
- Truly flexible working, roles are hybrid between home and the workplace.
- We offer light, spacious and modern working environments allowing flexibility to work at any of our hubs where you will have access to free, priority parking.
- 26 days’ leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years plus public and bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 20 days’ leave per year
- Occupational health offers a variety of employee wellbeing services to support a healthy work/life balance and lifestyle, including health screening, smoking cessation sessions, menopause support and free flu jabs
- Seminars on managing your finances, planning for retirement, pre-payday loans, ability to make additional voluntary contributions to your pension, learning loans and paid time off to train.
- Family friendly policies - we support staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance with supportive policies including maternity and paternity leave, shared parental leave, adoption leave, ordinary parental leave and carers leave.
- Development - we have an impressive suite of learning and training activities that provide a learner-centred experience. This includes a learning management website that enables you to manage your learning and track your CPD.
- Excellent career progression opportunities including secondments to encourage development and expanding your knowledge and experience. including practice educator training, CMI accredited leadership programs and career paths into management
- Pool cars – if you need a car for visits, you can pick up a car at a variety of locations across the county. Our fleet includes electric and hybrid vehicles.
- Established and supportive teams who will provide biweekly reflective supervision and management feedback in a culture of learning and development.
- An attractive rewards package with an excellent range of discounted products and services with national and local retailers via our Wiltshire Rewards scheme
- Through our teaching partnership with Bournemouth University, you will have extra opportunity: post qualifications, to develop your research as well as lecturing opportunity.
- Our contextual safeguarding approach includes our innovative risk outside the home (ROTH) child protection framework and is part of our ongoing partnership with Durham University's contextual safeguarding research team. We have recently been awarded a research-based project around tackling domestic abuse in Wiltshire.
We want passionate, professional, and committed social work graduates to support the children and young people of Wiltshire to reach their potential.
Applicants for this role must have a social work degree or be in their final year.
Due to the rural nature of the county, you will require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
If successful in interview, we will offer you a post on successful completion of your degree and the opportunity in the interim to be a paid employee as an unqualified Key Worker full or part time ahead of your Social Work England registration on a salary of £27,741 per annum pro rata.
Interviews will be held at the end of February, March and April.
This is a rolling advert, therefore shortlisting and interviews will take place throughout the advertising period. This advert will close once all posts have been filled.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £32,909.00-£34,723.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have a driving licence and access to a vehicle?
- Do you require a VISA sponsorship?
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 26/04/2023
Reference ID: CS02497