Experienced Social Worker
Salary up to £45,441 per year based on experience
Permanent full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible working
About the Role
At Solihull Council we are on a transformational journey committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for our children, young people and their families across our local area. We’ve increased investment in our people and services, as well as introducing additional resources that allow us to deliver more positive changes to the borough.
We are looking for Social Workers to provide a social work service to vulnerable children, young people and their families that positively promotes their welfare and life changes.
We're looking for Social Workers to join the following teams:
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Integrated Front Door
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Safeguarding and Family Support
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Children Looked After
''I'm thankful to be part of this dedicated team building a brighter future for our
community's children.''
JASPREET, SOCIAL WORKER
Our offer to you
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Earn one of highest salaries in the region. In a recent independent analysis of pay data across the West Midlands comparing our maximum grade salaries to 13 other local authorities we were proud to learn that our offering is in the top three for both Social Worker and Senior Social worker. Earn up to £43,516 pa as a Social worker.
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Local government pension with 6.8% (subject to annual review/change) section contribution.
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25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. We also offer the opportunity to buy up to 10 days of additional leave per year.
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Flexible working in our modern refurbished offices.
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Our Children's Social Care Academy provides training and coaching for practitioners, with year-round training to progress in your career. Working in partnership with Bournemouth University, we deliver academic programs in-house to help you attain the Practice Education Award at either Honours or Masters level.
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Manageable workloads - our Social Workers have an average of 17 children, giving you the time to give dedicated support where it is needed.
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Cycle to work scheme.
About You
You will be a Professional Social Worker, holding a Qualification and Social Work England registration or pending registration. You will be looking for a new challenge in a caring forward thinking organisation.
You will be able to apply understanding of all relevant laws and practices. Be a solution-focussed and capable worker, with a sound knowledge of current national and regional social work policies/practices. Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation, including a clear understanding of ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’.
Hold a driving licence and own your own vehicle as this is an essential car user post due to the demands of the job.
For disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments will be made where required.
Delivering a high quality transparent service and committed to ensuring the wellbeing of children, young people and their families.
About Us
We place children and young people at the heart of all we do to enable them to achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives. This means our workforce needs to be effectively led, supported, and well trained. It’s our aim to offer high-quality supervision and guidance to all team members. This includes supporting you, as you support others in the team.
We pride ourselves on a strong culture of child-focused practice. This means transparency, cooperation, and a real commitment to the young people we will care for.
These posts involve working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found here: www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check