The City of York Council are looking for Children's Social Workers, Senior Social Workers, across children's Social Care including positions in the Assessment Service, Safeguarding Interventions, Health and Disabilities and Achieving Permanence.
This is an exciting time to join us, with a newly appointed Director and Assistant Director of Children's Social Care, we are focused on supporting a high achieving workforce who have the time, resources and support to put children and their families at the centre of all we do.
If you are passionate about social work and looking to work in an innovative Local Authority we want to hear from you.
We can offer permanent, fixed term and temporary contracts with a variety of full time and part time roles with flexible working.
Ranked within the top 10 places to live in the UK, York is a vibrant, trailblazing, digital City which continues to make history. Our unique location means the Dales, Moors and Coast are all within an hour offering a positive work life balance.
You can look forward to a generous pay and reward package including:
* Competitive salary
* Social Worker - Grade 9 Level 1-4 (GBP 30,500 to GBP 34,797 pa)
* Senior Social Worker - Grade 10 Level 1-4 (GBP 35,500 to GBP 40,710 pa).
* Local government pension scheme with generous employer contribution
* Up to 29 days annual leave entitlement
* Family friendly policies
* Salary sacrifice schemes to assist with child care
* Assistance with travel to work expenses
* Comprehensive staff benefits package
* Manageable, monitored caseloads.
* Supported working environment
* Regular reflective supervision.
* Training and development opportunities, including coaching
* Progression opportunities
* Strong leadership
This is an ongoing recruitment campaign and applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis. If your application is successful we will contact you to arrange interviews on an individual basis, this will be within three weeks of your application submission.
Applicants must have current professional registration with Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC).
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As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C1: Can express him/ herself fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact one of the following Senior Managers:
Suzie Grove, suzie.grove@york.gov.uk T: 01904 555350
Mohamed Kamara, Mohamed.kamara@york.gov.uk T: 01904 553256
Sophie Keeble, sophie.keeble@york.gov.uk T: 01904 555322
Senior Social Worker Job description
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