Job Title: Children’s Social Worker
Location: Great Yarmouth
Salary: up to £43,517 (pro rata for part time)
Job type: Full Time or Part time, Permanent contract.
Children’s Social Worker Family Assessment and Safeguarding Team- Great Yarmouth. We are also recruiting experienced social workers to our teams countywide.
As well as a salary you will also receive.
- £2k welcome payment
- Up to £12,000 for continued service
- Up to £10K relocation package
There couldn’t be a better time to join Children’s Services at Norfolk County Council. Ofsted inspected our children services in November 2022 and recently published their report. We are rated Good in all areas, following significant improvements in our children’s services.
In Norfolk we’ve invested millions to change our operating model and create the professional and emotional support around you that you need to do the job you trained for, to get the best outcomes for children and families, and to achieve a work-life balance that suits you. We’re passionate about how we can support you to meet new challenges, so you can enjoy the rewards social work has to offer.
Our new operating model supports practitioners, with:
- Streamlined paperwork – so you can spend less time filling in forms and writing reports
- Two members of support staff for every social work team to reduce your admin
- Dedicated court work facilitators to support you
- Continuous development of the professionals that you as a case-holding social worker can call in to help you, including domestic abuse specialists, homebased support workers, substance misuse workers
- A Children’s Advice and Duty Service (CADS) team to triage cases to the right teams, so you can focus on where you can make the biggest difference
- We’re working towards aligning mental health practitioners more closely to our teams.
In addition to being a social worker registered with Social Work England, you will:
- Previous experience working within a children’s social care environment (we have a supported programme if you have had a career break or have worked in a different sector).
- Completion of your AYSE.
- A proven track record of excellent practice and a passion for improving the lives of children.
- The ability to build effective professional relationships with families and other professionals.
In return we will offer you:
- A supportive team who cares about your wellbeing and professional development
- We offer flexible working arrangements including condensed four-day week working, hybrid working, nine-day fortnights and other options
- We offer a generous annual leave entitlement – plus the opportunity to purchase up to two weeks of additional annual leave.
- We offer maternity, paternity and adoption pay and time off. There is an independently run nursery within the Norfolk County Council grounds which offers priority spaces to our employees.
- We offer support if you care for relatives or friends who are older, disabled or seriously ill.
- We are committed to promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of our social workers.
- We anticipate that working remotely will be a key feature of this role and your office base will be in Sprowston, Norwich. Our technology platform and equipment enable you to connect and collaborate remotely.
We are committed to equality and inclusion and welcome applications irrespective of gender identity, disability, marital status, ethnic origin, age, pregnancy status, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Closing date: 23 March 2023
ABOUT US
We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.
We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high-quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
