Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance
Wigan Life Centre South
Salary: Grade 9, £39,862 - £45,091 per annum.
4 positions x 37 hours per week
We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.
We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!
Your role
Start your social work career with confidence, support, and purpose.
Wigan Council is proud to offer an exciting opportunity for Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) to join our Family Safeguarding Academy Team a dedicated, supportive environment designed to nurture your development in your first year of practice.
What Makes Our Academy Team Unique?
You won’t be doing this alone. Our model ensures you are fully supported every step of the way:
* A small, dedicated team of 4 Newly Qualified Social Workers, progressing together
* Direct support from an Advanced Practitioner and Team Manager
* High levels of mentoring, co-working and shadowing opportunities
* Exposure to excellent practice through modelling and mirroring approaches
* Regular reflective team sessions and individual supervision to deepen your learning
You will also benefit from wraparound support across the organisation, including:
* Access to our experienced Workforce Development Team
* Participation in our highly commended ASYE Programme
About you
Our children and young people have told us that they want social workers who are:
* Kind
* Thoughtful
* Responsible
* Flexible
* Able to prioritise them and spend time with them
* Committed to helping them be happy and safe
If you are ready to build your career in a supportive, forward-thinking service, we would love to hear from you.
Join Wigan Council’s Family Safeguarding Academy Team and take the first step towards becoming a confident, skilled, and impactful social worker.
About us
We understand that for great social workers to stay with us we need to invest in your career, which is what we will do from day 1.
Our first Academy Team was established in 2021, and after five years of success in developing confident, skilled practitioners, we are delighted to be recruiting again.
Our Academy Team has been created specifically for NQSWs who are ready to begin their social work journey within a highly supportive and structured setting. This is your opportunity to develop strong foundations in practice while working alongside peers who are on the same journey. Over this first year in practice you will be supported to build confidence in your social work practice, develop your professional judgement and autonomy, gain experience with complexity increasing gradually in line with your development, strengthen your assessment, intervention and relationship-based practice.
At the end of the programme, you will transition into one of our mainstream Family Safeguarding Teams, equipped with the experience and confidence to thrive.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community.
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