Social Worker Assessment Team

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Part time
Location: Hereford
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Job offered by: We Manage Jobs(WMJobs)
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Category:
About The Role

Job Title:

Social Worker Assessment Team

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: HC8 £33,945 - £38,223 ( plus £5,000 market rate supplement

per year £38,945 - £43,223)

Welcome payment

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£5,000 after 6 months completion in post

Relocation package of up to £10,000 available

Contract: permanent

Closing date: 17/11/2024

Come and join us on our Restorative Journey of Improvement to gain the best for children and families in Herefordshire

The Role

We are looking for experienced Social Workers to help us on our improvement journey.

Working within the Assessment Team, you will work directly with children and families, alongside other staff within the Directorate and partner agencies. Ensuring referrals are responded to in a child focused and timely way, you will carry out assessments and investigate concerns so that a decision can be made regarding the most appropriate support for the child and family.

You will be fully qualified (DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent), with a minimum of 2 years experience in statutory social care. With honed skills in assessment, report writing, and managing a complex caseload, you will be dedicated to improving the lives of children and families within Herefordshire.

Herefordshire is on a journey and we would like you to be part of our next chapter. This is an exciting opportunity to have a genuine impact on the local authority and help improve and protect the children and young people within it.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sophie Roberts (Service Manager for MASH, Assessment & Child Exploitation) by either phone call, 01432 383376, or via emailsophie.roberts@herefordshire.gov.uk

We Offer

A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

Social Worker starting Salary: £33,945 – £38,223 per annum

Market rate supplement: plus £5,000 per year

Welcome payment

£5,000 for experienced social workers joining our children’s teams

Relocation packages:

support of up to £10,000

Pension

Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)

Professional development : protected time and budget to support social workers develop themselves and their careers.

Career progression:

clear pathways to progress to senior social worker level

Generous Annual Leave: 31 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum

Flexible working:

flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working

Employee Assistance Programme:

24/7 access to support and counselling

Payment of

professional membership fees

Pick your perks

– our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

About Us

Herefordshire is a beautiful, historic county located in the heart of the Marches on the border with Wales. We are one of the most rural and sparsely populated counties in England with a wealth of unspoilt countryside, distinctive heritage, and lively and attractive market towns.

Our priority in Herefordshire is to keep children safe and give them a great start in life. It’s the priority for the council, our partners and for all of us who work with Children & Young People.

How do we do this? By having dynamic, dedicated, passionate and professional staff who work in a culture that focuses on what we can achieve with children, what they can achieve themselves, and the relationship we build with families and partners to enable this. We have invested heavily in training and developing staff in our relational practice approach with our improvement partner Leeds City Council, so it's an exciting time to join Herefordshire – we believe in investing in you so you can be the best you can be!

Herefordshire has a really strong team ethos. Our teams are passionate about the work they do and the positive difference they and the teams they are in make to people’s lives. This is all underpinned by the focus and support from their managers and the council as a whole.

We will deliver better support to our most vulnerable children and their families, develop stronger relationships with partners across the region, and beyond.

Therefore, we take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Come to Herefordshire and join the journey.

Herefordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks.

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme;

Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant; and

Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supportingyoung people leaving our care.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.

To apply, please submit your CV and complete thesupporting statement within the application form, referring to the job description & person specification,detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role.

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