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Social work assistant

Leicester
Leicester City Council
Social work assistant
£32,061 - £34,434 a year
Posted: 1 October
Offer description

Job details


Job reference

REQ5914

Date posted

29/08/2025

Application closing date

07/09/2025

Location

Various locations across Leicester City

Salary

£32,061 - £34,434 Per Year

Package

Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £46,953.83

Contractual hours

22

Basis

Part time

Job category/type

Childrens Social Care

Attachments

Job Specifcation Social Work Assistant .pdf


Social Work Assistant


Job description

To help deliver our vision we are looking for Social Worker assistants who are enthusiastic, have a keen eye for detail and have a strong track record of working with children, young people and their families to achieve positive outcomes. Join one of our Children's Social Care teams and you will play a key role in improving the life for families and children in Leicester.

Ofsted recognised that our team are well supported by their managers. We prioritise support, learning, development and wellbeing across our workforce with strengths in practice regularly recognised. We also offer agile and flexible working that supports a healthy work life balance.

These are part time posts with core working hours of 8.30am till 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am till 4.30pm on Friday.

What you'll be doing

As a Social Work assistant, you'll support the emotional, social and physical wellbeing of children in need of support and protection. This is done though arranging and supervising contacts, appointments and activities. You will not only regularly liaise with parents/careers to provide information, advice and support. But, with additional agencies to organise/arrange support and share information.

You will also complete a variety of administrative tasks to support the statutory functioning of the service. This could be legal papers, records, and case files. All which require attention to detail and thorough completion.

What you'll need

You'll have previous experience of providing services directly to children and/or families. Including, experience of supporting children/families with matters that are sensitive and/or contentious. Being able to support and develop young people understanding their specific needs.

Since you will be attending visits you will also need to hold a Full driving licence.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact

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